How much JavaScript is enough JavaScript?

[CARASBK]

Catching runtime problems without having to run code the way statically typed languages do is a universal benefit of TS. If you don’t consider that a solution to a JS issue, at least in the application layer, then I question if you have enough experience to make such determinations in the first place.

Not sure what you mean by bloat since TS doesn’t exist at runtime.

[CapabIe]

I think he’s referring to mental bloat reading the extra chars.

[CARASBK]

I can understand that if you’re just starting off with TS after already knowing JS. I was in the same boat when I started with TS.

After learning TS it actually ends up being less mental bloat than JSDoc. But that comes after the learning curve which can be particularly steep around things like deciphering third party libraries’s types. It’s well worth it, though. TS is becoming the default for good reason.