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  • haggyg@feddit.uktoProgramming@programming.dev•Is TypeScript a fad or is my manager delusional?
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    7 months ago

    Interesting argument. I have used both typescript and JavaScript, but I spend 99% of my time writing firmware in C, because of this I LOVE strongly typed languages, and I get kinda annoyed/paranoid when my variable COULD change type quietly so end up doing (perhaps too much) type checks etc.

    I can say with surety I hate programming in both Typescript and JavaScript, but I definitely hate Typescript less because of the typing.

    Having said that, I don’t really like the compiled javascript that comes out of the typescript compiler, because it puts some distance between the user and the code and I am all for clarity, especially when people have to go out of their way to not run this code.