A few days ago, David Heinemeier Hansson announced that Turbo 8 is dropping TypeScript . I'm okay with that because I don't even know what Turbo 8 is. However, over the past few years, some frontend programmers have tried to sell me the idea that "TypeScript is useless, just use tests". I think people with such opinions either don't care about code quality or simply don't know what TypeScript is. Here, I will explain why you should use TypeScript.
    • MrGG@lemmy.ca
      2·
      1 year ago

      That is disturbing. From my perspective, anyway. There are already so many great (and more appropriate) stacks for web backends, why Frankenstein a Frankenstein into it?

      • Knusper@feddit.de
        11·
        1 year ago

        Well, usually because you’ve got a team of frontend folks needing to do a backend.

        There’s one other advantage, which is that you can have a compile-time shared model between backend and frontend. You also have that advantage with WASM, but not with a traditional backend/frontend technology split…

        • abhibeckert@beehaw.org
          2·
          1 year ago

          Compile time is my biggest issue with TypeScript. I’ve used JavaScript for decades with compile time measured in, what, a millisecond or two. Having to wait for TypeScript drives me nuts.

      • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.orgEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        🤷 people like nodejs and people like type hinting and IDE reflection. Typescript helps a lot with that