Modern Webapp

LESS + Typescript + Angular = Awesome

#Introduction This is based on the popular HTML5 boilerplate but with several additions.

##Dependencies

• Grunt
• Less
• TypeScript
• Bower

##Usage Clone the repository with Git Clone. Install all the dependencies:

npm install -g bower;
npm install -g grunt; 
npm install -g grunt-cli; 
npm install -g less;
npm install -g typescript;
npm install;
bower install;

Run grunt serve to serve the repository:

grunt serve;

##Differences from the original webapp This app uses Typescript instead of Javascript. You can still use Javascript though, because Typescript is a superset of Javascript. However, a live-reload precompiler will warn you well in advance of any potential bugs. This app also opts for LESS instead of CSS. This app features a modern Bootstrap 3 implementation.

Typescript

Typescript provides desperately needed support for typing and classes in Javascript. Anyone who has tried to build a large application, like a game, in Javascript, only to eventually feel it come tumbling down upon them like so many pieces of spaghetti, will immediately understand the benefits.

• option to add strong typing for big projects
• active community
• don't have to use it - Javascript is valid Typescript

LESS

LESS is a powerful alternative to just writing normal CSS.