So far I’ve been very happy with how the project is turning out and I already see a lot of productivity gains; there seems to be much less run/test/debug cycles. The tooling/intellisense is so much better than the plain JavaScript and a lot of the typos and errors are caught at the compile time. Plus, writing C# on client and server is such a nice change.
Anyway, CS would be my second choice but that’s just because I work in .NET environment.
I evaluated CS but ended up using Script# in my latest project at my day job, mainly because we are Microsoft shop and it will be easier for other C# developers to jump in if the need arises without learning a new syntax.
How would this compare to Newsgroups? Pretty much anything worthwhile that is on BitTorrent can be found on Newsgroup servers and leeched (or in case of videos streamed) at your connection’s maximum download speed. The only advantage I can think of is when ISPs block access to Newsgroups ~ am I missing something?
Anyway, CS would be my second choice but that’s just because I work in .NET environment.