"Bolted on" is how I'd describe it too. Using TS means messing a lot more with random config files. And standard tools like the NodeJS profiler don't work with

"Bolted on" is how I'd describe it too. Using TS means messing a lot more with random config files. And standard tools like the NodeJS profiler don't work with TS, which hopefully will change soon. I've never used Django. Express seems a lot nicer.