Earlier versions of TypeScript had some significant typing issues in my experience, especially related to typechecking static fields on object instances (which

Earlier versions of TypeScript had some significant typing issues in my experience, especially related to typechecking static fields on object instances (which you can't access through object instances -- you have to go through the class object). Since the 0.9.5 release, I don't think I've had any particular issues with typechecking or the language. And as someone mentioned, if you use lambdas, the compiler will automatically handle performing the `var _this = this;` trick for you under-the-hood. > we were trying to write TypeScript like we were writing C# Yeah, you really need to approach writing TypeScript as if you are writing idiomatic JavaScript. I'm happy that I went through the JavaScript mill before discovering TypeScript, as it informed how I developed my project.