Should TypeScript build task be a watch task?

[dbaeumer]

Currently the TypeScript build task is a normal compile. We could consider using a watch task instead since this gives us compile one save. Downside is that tsc -watch doesn't work well with large projects.

@egamma do you have a opinion ?

[egamma]

@dbaeumer making tsc a watch task is appealing it basically corresponds 'compile on save'. Since tsconfig.json supports a compileOnSave attribute we could use this attribute to decide whether the task is a compile or a watch task.

[dbaeumer]

@egamma I like that suggestion very much. I then propose that we look into this for June.

[jens1o]

@dbaeumer Do you mean July or can we expect that cool thing very soon? :)