Steve Ognibene nycdotnet

Problem Statement: In TypeScript 1.1, there are two basic ways to initialize complex properties with strong typing via a parameterized class constructor. Both have disadvantages. I will illustrate this with a simple example that uses Knockout, but this issue applies to any other JavaScript library that implements complex objects via initializer functions.

"Method 1" is to instantiate the properties outside of the constructor using a throw-away value, and then to set the desired value inside the constructor (see RightTriangle1 below). This method has the advantage of being rather simple to program/maintain because TypeScript automatically infers the property's type. However, this has the potential to cause ripple effects or performance issues at runtime because the code to instantiate each property is run at least twice.

class RightTriangle1 {
    public height = ko.observable(0);
    public width = ko.observable(0);
    public hypotenuse = ko.computed(() => {

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GitHub for Windows doesn't put Git in the PATH by default. If you'd like your Node.js command prompt to have the git command available by default, simply edit your nodevars.bat file. By default, this is in C:\Program Files\nodejs\. You will have to run your text editor in an administrative context for this to work.

Replace this line in your nodevars.bat file:

set PATH=%APPDATA%\npm;%~dp0;%PATH%

With these thre lines:

for /F %%A in ('"dir /s /b /OD %userprofile%\appdata\local\git.exe"') do set gitPath=%%A\..

	# This script will uninstall anything like Java from Add/Remove Programs, Unblock and Install a new JDK,
	# and set the JAVA_HOME environment variable for the new version.
	#
	# You have to set the $jdkInstallerPath first to the location where you got the JDK. Such as:
	# $jdkInstallerPath = "C:\Users\MyAccount\Downloads\jdk-7u60-windows-x64.exe"
	#
	# WARNING: This will uninstall ANYTHING that says Java anywhere in the name!!! Use with caution!!!
	#
	# Note: This assumes that you are using the x64 JDK on 64-bit Windows. Not tested in other scenarios.

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	'===============================================================================
	' This macro originally written by Sam Saffron, adapted for Visual Studio 2013
	' by Steve Ognibene. Run in Visual Studio with a macro launcher such as the
	' Visual Commander extension.
	' Latest version will be here: https://gist.github.com/nycdotnet/947025d922fa2af87d03
	' Original Stack Overflow thread: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3783648/is-there-a-setting-in-vs-2010-that-will-allow-it-to-recover-open-files-after-a-p/28130299#28130299
	' Also, thanks to Jeremy Jameson for code to write to VS Output window in a macro:
	' http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jjameson/archive/2009/03/11/tracing-and-logging-from-visual-studio-macros.aspx
	'===============================================================================
	Option Explicit On

	// INTERFACES

	public interface ITicker
	{
	event Action<ITicker,ITimeOfTick> Tick;
	}

	public interface ITimeOfTick
	{
	DateTime Time { get; set; }

	using System.IO;
	using System.Net;

	namespace getReleaseInfo
	{
	class Program
	{
	static void Main(string[] args)
	{

	import {Promise as Promise} from 'es6-promise';

	module exec {

	function doExec(shouldSucceed: boolean) : Promise<number> {
	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
	doSubExec(shouldSucceed)
	.then((result) => {
	resolve(result);
	},(error) => {

	// demo of web server and client request. Lines 17 or 18 can be used and it works.
	import http = require('http');

	class Test {
	request: http.ClientRequest;

	private Connect() {
	console.log("connecting");
	this.request = http.request({
	hostname: "localhost",

	module.exports = function (grunt) {
	grunt.initConfig({
	qunit: {
	default: {
	options: {
	urls: ["http://localhost:8000/tests/tests.html"]
	}
	}
	},
	connect: {