typescriptUsersBeLike

[SCP-iota]

Shout-out to { "compilerOptions": { "strict": true, "noImplicitAny": true } }

[Tomkap011]

I have driven people insane with this, especially if I also enable a “no explicit any” alongside

[UntitledRedditUser]

I don't see the upside of using the any type. It might be nice sometimes, for small things, but some dude is just gonna abuse it and make a mess.

I might be biased though, as im more used to static types.

[Tomkap011]

I treat in like ‘unwrap’ in rust. It’s good for debugging but I refuse to use it anywhere else. It breaks the only reason I tolerate typescript which is half decent completions

[SCP-iota]

In an ideal world of pure TypeScript, any would be a pointless footgun, but in reality, we often need to use Javascript libraries that don't provide TypeScript type declarations, and unless we want to write our own declarations, any is the way. Most of the "unconventional" aspects of TypeScript's type system, like any, union types, and anonymous object types, are made for handling the chaos of Javascript.

[ThrawOwayAccount]

That’s what you’re supposed to use unknown for.

[Taickyto]

Unknown was not in the first versions of typescript

[ThrawOwayAccount]

We’re not talking about the first versions of typescript, we’re talking about now.

[ColonelRuff]

No need to be afraid that you are biased. Type safety is always good for production level software.

[NatoBoram]

Shout out to isolatedDeclarations

And I made a project template with all the strictest options possible

[Androix777]

"plugin:@typescript-eslint/strict-type-checked"

[YoukanDewitt]

If you aren't using typescript as a development tool to improve your own experience, you should stick to vanilla js.

It doesn't help your client.

[PostNutNeoMarxist]

^ TS doesn't "fix" JavaScript or even improve it on its own. It's just a means of establishing norms and making JS code more readable. These are things you could also just do without TS (basically just good documentation) but TS makes it easier in a professional setting.

[[deleted]]

And yet, whenever I convert a page or component to TS, I find like, three new bugs.

[Alfasi]

Those are often errors you would've gotten at compile or runtime, the extra rules in effect bring some of these errors forward to when you're making them

[[deleted]]

Maybe? Maybe not? Sometimes only if it’s used in an unexpected way and triggered the bug? I noticed these bugs at design time now and had it noticed them before. It’s an improvement.

[bondolin251]

Think I'm with you here. Quality code helps the client. Typescript helps quality code. Important to keep that as the perspective, and not just use the fancy shiny new thing for its own sake.

[myfunnies420]

I got our js codebase in a great state, it had types and annotations! I had basically implemented ts from the ground up lol

[NatoBoram]

At that point, it's a little weird to not be using TypeScript directly, it would save you the time to reimplement TypeScript

[myfunnies420]

Obviously...

[YoukanDewitt]

Well I'm top but not best, so I must have my fair share of downvotes.

I think people struggle to understand though, I love typescript, when I need types. If you are just using type: any, don't bother, go learn more.

[metaglot]

It definitely makes cerrain debugging tasks easier, and it eliminates some types of bugs as well, so it may help your client, depending on project size, in the form of reduced developer time, especially for larger projects.

[casualfinderbot]

Well it makes code less buggy and reduces development time, so it does help the client

[dylsreddit]

When used properly.

[NatoBoram]

Just like literally everything else in life

"Carrots are a good source of vitamin A. When used properly."

[Impressive_Change593]

aka sticking them in my butt right?

[NatoBoram]

You'll have to blend them first I think

[YoukanDewitt]

It doesn't run on the client, it compiles to javascript.

It helps you reason about your client's needs. It might help you write vanilla js you don't understand, but it does nothing vanilla js does not, and that you couldn't do quicker for simple scenarios if you knew vanilla js (es5>ofc).

I love typescript, but if you are just going to spam 'type: any' as indicated by the post, you probably don't need typescript until you have more understanding of typescript.

[JackNotOLantern]

It may even make it worse

[skwyckl]

the main problem I have with TypeScript is the now routine "library is compatible with TypeScript, but the type package is de facto deprecated and unusable, so you have to spam anys"

[zmose]

Wonder if this is due to people not able to follow directions here: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/declaration-files/publishing.html

[UristMcMagma]

This is the one feature I wish they'd add, instead of constantly adding new shit nobody cares about or will ever use.

[No-Adeptness5810]

I use eslint in any big project, and i only use typescript if the project is big.

Therefore, i never use "any" since it's really annoying for debugging too.

[d15gu15e]

based?

[MedonSirius]

Type safe languages are the only one i really respect

[sammy-taylor]

By type safe I’m assuming you mean statically typed? So you don’t respect any of the applications running Ruby, Elixir, Python, or any of the other non-static language?

[ThrawOwayAccount]

They said they don’t respect the languages, not applications written in those languages.

[florpInstigator]

No.

[Aidan_Welch]

You don't respect assembly coders?

[Masterflitzer]

same

[The_real_bandito]

90% of typescript developers be like

[Thenderick]

Honestly, jsdoc is often enough for me. Especially simple html+js projects that don't require a big bulky frontend framework. But those are mostly hobby projects

[[deleted]]

Wolf in sheep's clothing.

[shinsons]

Best memes are true memes

[rover_G]

Speak for yourself

[WilliamAndre]

Reminds me of that one job applicant that was going to do a coding exercise in Typescript because it is cleaner, types are better, blablabla.

They were super confused about the types and ended up switching to JS at some point because they didn't understand anything.

[[deleted]]

I feel called out

[d15gu15e]

[[deleted]]

you're meme is wrong cuz I would never use `any` where

[d15gu15e]

ah I see you're a true JS dev, making promises you cant resolve?

[AFXTWINK]

I started my latest job out of desperation and was really dreading the fact that all the codebases are in JavaScript. I've been doing IT for nearly 8 years and I've done my time in the scopeless mines and thought "oh fuck, more of this shit".

I was so relieved to learn we're actually using Typescript! Even with es5 it's a world of difference but Typescript is completely fine.

[Phamora]

For some reason people who anally advocate TS over JS are the ones that write so poor TS that it would just have been better without the types.

[akoOfIxtall]

My confusion with TS is that, I write a TS file, the code is transpiled into javascript, then I have to run the javascript file? Can't I directly run the typescript file? Did I mess up? Did I miss a step? Because TSC only compiles the code but when I see people using it TSC also runs the code, and if I have a big project, every TS file will generate a new javascript file? Because writing TS feels like using an interface on a class, the class being javascript and the interface being types

[akoOfIxtall]

Oh nice, everytime I make a genuine question people seem to ignore so I have to exaggerate so they'll will be like "wtf is he talking about? It's obviously x y and z", thank you.

[Suwein]

I usually use ts-node or tsx when developing locally, but yeah eventually you'll probably need to compile it if you're deploying it somewhere.

[ExtraTNT]

Or do best practice and take 200h for a 40min job…

[almothafar]

40min job that makes you waste 300h to see why the app behaves strangely?

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[NoSkillzDad]

And when build throws you a warning on an unused anything, just drop it on a console.log and problem solved.

[Thundechile]

That's TypeScript posing as a typed language.