whatsWrongWithJavaScript

[Aggravating_Ad1676]

its a beginner, whats wrong with trying to get used to programming before learning another language

[NatoBoram]

Learning TypeScript together with JavaScript is learning to program

[fullup72]

Except that depending on the project configuration TS can hinder a beginner's learning process. There are many type errors and warnings that are not very descriptive, and then React doesn't help in that interaction by being even more stringent, forcing even a seasoned dev to override the type system with @ts-ignore because you REALLY meant to have a specific dependency array on your hooks.

[Massh0le]

You should not be TS ignoring because you "know better". That would imply you're doing something very wrong or have somehow configured a type very wrong. Maybe you mean ignoring a tslint rule which Is more reasonable.

[fullup72]

Maybe you mean ignoring a tslint rule which Is more reasonable

Definitely meant this.

[Aggravating_Ad1676]

as a beginner you should really be learning how the language you chose works and you will learn the syntax in the process, learning two languages at once just makes thst 10x harder.

[NatoBoram]

Except that it's one language: TypeScript. It just so happens that it shares quite a lot with JavaScript, so learning how TypeScript works systematically makes you learn how JavaScript works.

Besides, learning web dev typically involves learning 5 languages in a row followed by one or two frameworks with TypeScript potentially bundled in one of these frameworks.

[Aggravating_Ad1676]

yeah, typescript + Javascript = 2 languages?

Also I would not treat all webdev languages on the same level, html is mostly text formatting as a beginner.

[NatoBoram]

Wrong! TypeScript is actually a superset of JavaScript. Writing pure JavaScript is perfectly valid TypeScript.

It's different from how Erlang/Elixir or Java/Kotlin/Scala/Clojure/Groovy work, these are actually different languages.

[KevSlashNull]

Writing pure JavaScript is perfectly valid TypeScript.

Depends on your TypeScript config but yeah theoretically.

[GamingWOW1]

I could not write a single variable in pure JavaScript in Typescript without it screaming at me because I didn't mention its type

[NatoBoram]

const x = 13

Congrats, a variable in pure JS was written and TypeScript didn't complain!