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[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Sure, but at this point it's your own fault if you don't use Typescript to keep these issues from happening.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 23 points 1 week ago

"Use a different language" is a common defense of javascript, but kind of a weird one.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Not really, considering Typescript only adds static types to JS. It's not a different language, it's an extension.

[-] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 week ago

Since it needs to be compiled to JavaScript in order to be used, I kind of consider it a different language. Yes, it's a strict superset of JavaScript, but that makes it different.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's your prerogative, but it honestly doesn't make sense. Typescript adds almost no functionality to JS (and the few pieces it adds are now considered mistakes that shouldn't be used anymore). It only focuses on adding typing information, and in the future you'll be able to run TS that doesn't use those few added features as JS (see the proposal).

You can also add the TS types as comments in your JS code, which IMO shows that it's not a different language.

[-] spacecadet@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago

So, just don’t use JavaScript?

[-] matlag@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

That's also my understanding: "Javascript is great because you can use other languages and then transpile them to JS."

[-] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 3 points 1 week ago

Oh man machine language is so good, literally the best actually

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

JS itself is great, I prefer it to most other languages due to the flexibility that it allows. Adding types through TS to safeguard against footguns doesn't mean you're not still using JS. You can also add the types using comments instead if you prefer it, which means you're actually writing raw JS.