A couple of days ago @ranjanprj tweeted the following
Wishing #sapui5 #openui5 be ported to #typescript
https://twitter.com/ranjanprj/status/576267708779491328
I replied
.@ranjanprj not sure i understand the requirement,
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, #UI5 needs to lose JQuery dep to support ES6
A couple more interactions later and Denise Nepraunig suggested we start an SCN discussion on Typescript, jQuery and ES6 support in UI5