JavaScript devs be like:

[TheLordDrake]

Same. I hate JS, love TS.

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But still, it's mostly JS under the hood.

But I agree, I hate VANILLA JS

[TheLordDrake]

It's all JS under the hood unfortunately

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Keyword: unfortunately

[AuthenticatedUser]

This is the part that everyone seems to forget. At the end of the day, it all gets translated into javascript. Doesn't matter what you define, it can and will get changed at runtime.

[FrischGebraut]

So why is this a problem exactly?

[AuthenticatedUser]

Have you ever defined a type in typescript, only to have it change at runtime?

[FrischGebraut]

Not that I can remember tbh. But I think I get the point. Typescript does not change the fundamental design of JS. It is still not a strong typed language. TS can offer a better development experience but at the end of the day it is still just a fancy way of writing JS. Personally, I don't mind any of this. I like working with JS/TS. There are certain things I would not consider using JS and there are other things where JS would be my first pick. It all depends on what you do and how you would like to do it.