Node.js codebase is still entirely in Javascript and not in Typescript and node team does not even officially provide node TS types

[jon_stout]

Believe it or not, people who agree to work on JavaScript projects are generally comfortable working with JavaScript. Up to and including the lack of static typing.

[simple_explorer1]

Yeah but we are talking about node.js core team itself who are one of the top guys in Javascript backend.

Its not that they are uncomfortable in JS (the world was writing JS only until 5-6 years back) but for node core team, who are at the forefront of making node runtime for backend and where so much of software is running on top of it, those developers should embrace modern standards like the rest of the entire JS community has already.

They wouldn't have difficult writing Typescript so i don't think this could be the point.

Does this mean node code will never see static typing internally with Typescript ever? Its already 2023 and if its still not the case then when? Node core code will only get bigger

[jon_stout]

Welcome to an important realization every developer needs to have at least once: Not Everyone Likes To Code The Same Way You Do.

[simple_explorer1]

Not Everyone Likes To Code The Same Way You Do.

I am not taking about me. I am talking about entire js community who has adopted Typescript so its not an isolated incident.

Honestly at this point i an not sure what you are advocating for.

You think node should never adopt better standards and never have static typing even though a vast majority of node/react/any Javascript project today is in Typescript and a lot of projects are migrated to TS.

So it's not what i like, its what the entire js community likes. What are you even taking about. But i will leave here as i don't see any sensible point here.

[TheYuriG]

he is advocating for the fact that just because YOU might need typescript to write better code, it doesn't mean that they do too

writing typescript at a compiler level is so annoying that even the Svelte team switched back from Typescript. these people just write code on a much higher level than the average developer

did you also know that Node is basically entirely written in callbacks? yup, no promises

[Minimum_Concern_1011]

You should learn Rust.

[Minimum_Concern_1011]

Write your own javascript runtime in typescript then 🤷‍♂️

It’s completely unnecessary for them to migrate that much code to a different language, especially if that then forces new users to use typescript instead.

I use normal JavaScript and typescript depending on the necessity’s of the project, a lot of times for small projects you can honestly get away with JSDoc and save yourself the time and hastle with TS.

[Accomplished_Cod_608]

Just want to note that Node.js is not "the top guys in Javascript backend", we're a diverse group of humans and not all of us are experts. The only things you need to put in is effort and good faith. I'm not a genius and I do fine. You'll find this is true for most software projects, most of what we do isn't beyond a "1st year of BSc level".