A template for defining an angular controller in TypeScript, which allows for minimization and does not require explicit field declarations for injected constructor arguments.

gistfile1.ts

/// <reference path="Scripts/typings/underscore/underscore-typed.d.ts" />
/// <reference path="Scripts/typings/angularjs/angular.d.ts" />

module ts {
    export class Base {
        // you can have a static $inject here, but it will get ignored.
        // only define it if you plan on using your base class as a
        // controller directly
        constructor(private $http: ng.IHttpService) { }

        public getData() {
            alert("getting data");
            this.$http.get("api/some_data").then(
                _ => alert("got " + _.data),
                _ => alert("got error: " + JSON.stringify(_)));
        }
    }

    // Works for subclasses too
    export class Controller extends Base {
        // use a static variable to declare injected arguments
        // otherwise your code will break if minimized.
        static $inject = ["$scope", "$http"];
        constructor(private $scope: ng.IScope, $http: ng.IHttpService) {
            super($http);
            $scope["vm"] = this; // when using bracket syntax, $scope becomes an <any>
        }
        public title: string = "hello";
    }
}
angular.module("app", []).controller("Controller", ts.Controller);