TypeScript

Here is the general toolchain I use for my current TS (TypeScript) projects:

• TypeScript - The TypeScript compiler
• typings - Type definition manager
• Type Doc - Documentation generator
• Require.js - AMD style module manager, used to cope with dependencies inside the browser

Browser front-end:

• Angular.js - Single page application framework

Optional when working with a larger team:

• TSLint - Style convention verifier

For Node.JS projects we use:

• npm - package manager for JS libraries with accompanying package.json configuration of projects. "scripts" is used for build tasks instead of gulp.

Real-time communication:

• socket.io - Similar to SignalR for .NET, provides a near real-time network solution over TCP. High productivity.