Debugging TypeScript code with Visual Studio

Question

Is there a way to debug TypeScript source in Visual Studio (instead of debugging the generated javascript)?

From the TypeScript language specifications:

Answer 1

This is now fixed in VS 2017 so you can debug directly in Visual Studio and typescript.

Just set your breakpoint in your *.ts file, and it will be hit.

And it will debug in VS, not IE, as if you were debugging c#.