At Izenda, we see many organizations shift from ASP.NET and MVC to use pure JavaScript for their front end. The advantage is, the database developer can focus on creating a secure and scalable backend, while HTML designers can craft a slick UI. We are focused on HTML5 being the front-technology for future versions of our ad-hoc reporting products while retaining a .NET backend that integrates with RESTful services. In this video, Anders Hejlsber, a developer at Microsoft, demonstrates a superset of JavaScript called TypeScript, which is designed to overcome the limits of JavaScript.
