In a nutshell, TypeScript is an open-source programming language, licensed under Apache 2, and considered by many as a superset of Javascript. It can be used for large apps, but also trans compiling to JavaScript. Basically, this means that it’s actually JavaScript, but with a few extra goodies.

As for JavaScript, we can say that it’s been here for a while and it’s a dynamic programming language, used in web development to enhance HTML pages. Simple as that.

Still, this is where the big question comes in: which one of these two is actually the best? Well, in order to answer this, we need to go through the major differences between them. Therefore, a head to head comparison seems mandatory.

First of all, TypeScript is a compiled language oriented on objects, while JavaScript, in contrast, is a significantly lightweight, interpreted programming language. Also, it’s important to mention that the first it’s especially used in client side, while its ‘enemy’ can be used both client-side and server-side.

Moving on to the syntax of the two programming languages, which basically defines the set of rules for writing programs, you should know that a TypeScript program consists of modules, functions, variables, statements and expressions, as well as comments. JavaScripts is a bit different, as all the statements are written in such a way that it tells the browser program to begin interpreting all the text between tags as a script. A bit complicated? Maybe, but not that much.

Ok, let’s focus a bit on the benefits of both languages, because, well…there are quite a lot of them!

Starting again with TypeScript, it’s considered as the better option for large coding projects, but also for collaboration. Also, thanks to features like ECMA Script 6, code, dynamic typing or auto-completion, developers can easily increase their productivity.

JavaScript shouldn’t be ignored either, as it has a ridiculously big community of developers, which means that it’s automatically the more popular language. And this is just one benefits, as it also supports native browsers, considered by developer a big plus. Finally, it also offers more flexibility, which matters a lot! We can continue discussing the differences between the two programming languages for a lot of time, but we believe that we managed to make our point with the ones mentioned above.

As you probably guessed, we won’t say which one of these is the best, because each of them has its pluses and minuses, so the final choice depends solely on the developer and their purpose.

If you don’t know which one of them is the best for what your business needs, the team of professionals at IB Systems can help you find the answer. With over 20 years of experience and solid knowledge of programming languages, a simple call with them can put you and your company on the right path.

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After making Office free for both main mobile operating platforms, Android and iOS, Microsoft announced a completely new open source framework: .NET Core.

Generally speaking .NET Core can be considered a modular, cross-platform, open-source framework for developers, integrating the latest web apps, but also microservices and console applications.

But still, what are the main advantages of using Microsoft’s new framework? Let’s find out together…

Development, testing, and deployment, in an instant

It’s not a secret that making the first steps in web development with ASP.NET is seriously time-consuming. Still, ever since the release of .NET Core – otherwise an open source solution – developers became aware of the fact that the new framework’s possibilities, but also the fact that it can be used with various text editors, including the likes of Sublime Text, Atom, or Visual Studio Code.

Another aspect that we really like is the “Save & Refresh” approach. Basically, this makes it very easy to see the code change effects, but without any deployment at all. Simply write your code, save the work and refresh your browser in order to see what you’ve done.

Finally, .NET Core includes a built-in memory database, which turned out to be an incredibly useful one, especially when it comes to unit testing, but also testing automation practices.

It’s friendly with other platforms

Moving on, Microsoft’s framework makes all the compatibility problems faced by developers forgotten. Considering that all .NET Core framework-based apps are all standalone, they already have the runtime setting. Technically, this means that they don’t depend on the operating system you’re using.

Basically, you can set up apps to run on, let’s say, Windows, in the same way, they run on MacOS or Linux. How cool is that?

And as a side note, the framework is compatible with several database engine platforms, from which we remind SQL Server, MySQL – of course -, My Car, Oracle, MS Access, and many more.

It has everything you need to create cloud apps

Another advantage of .NET Core that’s really worth mentioning is that it’s designed – not especially for this, but it does an excellent job at it – for building high-performance cloud apps.

The framework comes with all the tools you need, as well as the templates needed by developers in order to put together their cloud apps in no time.

So, are you going to give it a try?

IB Systems can assist you with using .NET Core, thanks to its team of skilled developers. Whether you’re after complete software solutions or consultancy, here you can find all the information you need about Microsoft’s framework, as well as many more programming languages, databases and platforms.

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