TypeScript: problems with type system

Question

I\'m just testing typescript in VisualStudio 2012 and have a problem with its type system. My html site has a canvas tag with the id \"mycanvas\". I\'m trying to draw a rect

Answer 1

var canvas =  document.getElementById("mycanvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");

or using dynamic lookup with the any type (no typechecking):

var canvas : any = document.getElementById("mycanvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");

You can look at the different types in lib.d.ts.