From 2087622bd6507fc9ab548454b9b8282c44229dba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paulo Castro Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:55:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] typescript: Add TypeScript migration notice to README file Change-type: patch Signed-off-by: Paulo Castro --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 53e607a7..139b9cc1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ You can also get in touch with us in the balena [forums](https://forums.balena.i Development guidelines ---------------------- +The CLI was originally written in [CoffeeScript](https://coffeescript.org), but we have decided to +migrate to [TypeScript](https://www.typescriptlang.org/) in order to take advantage of static +typing and formal programming interfaces. The migration is taking place gradually, as part of +maintenance work or the implementation of new features. + After cloning this repository and running `npm install` you can build the CLI using `npm run build`. You can then run the generated build using `./bin/balena`. In order to ease development: