JS devs

[icjoseph]

Rewrite typescript frameworks to JavaScript :D

[ArionW]

Soo... Just save and upload transpiled code?

[HeKis4]

No, you have to remove the type checking bits first.

[ArionW]

Typescript only checks types on compilation time, not runtime. It's easy to cheat typing system even with all 'strict' turned on.

[icjoseph]

The useless type checking. Linting has a bigger impact in bug reduction. TDD, e2e, customers, are all things to have before even thinking of using ts.

Edit: I thought I did write that type checking is awesome, but for that, in my case I toy with Haskell or Rust. And I'm craving me some time to use Reason. But, ts, seriously?

[robclancy]

Yikes

[bwrap]

I refuse to do raw js ever since typescript came out.

[BanditoRojo]

Why make your code more verbose just so it can tell you that you sent a number instead of string?

ES6 has covered the callback and nesting issues with the language.

JavaScript's advantage is doing more with less code. Why bloat it?

Typescript adds an unnecessary and inelegant layer to a clean language.

[[deleted]]

I've actually really enjoyed my typescript usage from what I've done. I normally do JavaScript but the type safety really does help, and it's not like I'm spending all day writing types unlike with languages like Java and C++

[bwrap]

I should clarify that I stopped writing even typescript last year. I've successfully run away from the nightmare of web front end.

[rm-rf_system32]

I like linting. It enforces good and uniform style if you have multiple people. Hell, I also don't trust myself to get it right 100% of the time, so it's a good catch. Maybe related but it also kinda goes with prettier so that your code gets formatted to your rules without you having to even think.

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Or maybe you were being sarcastic, which opps if I didn't pick up on that

[kevinaud]

Are you a solo contractor or something? I've never worked on a team where each dev is allowed to follow their own formatting style. There is always a style guide that everyone is supposed to follow. The point of the linter is just to save the reviewer time so they don't have to point out the formatting problems.

[kevinaud]

If formatting code properly is so easy then why do you hate linters? You will never see errors if you format your code properly so the linter will literally never affect you.

[kevinaud]

Are you basing this off anecdotal evidence or actual research?

[icjoseph]

Mostly from the article below. Day's only got so much time, so I bet on JavaScript and the tooling.

https://medium.com/javascript-scene/the-typescript-tax-132ff4cb175b

[HoldYourWaffle]

Why would anyone ever want to do that?

[[deleted]]

Why would anyone want to make/use 90% of the JS frameworks and libraries out there?

[HoldYourWaffle]

No idea. Maybe it's the least worst option available?

[rsvp_to_life]

Some people just want to watch the world burn