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One significant difference with the past examples you cite is that Typescript is gradually typed, so it's a false dichotomy you're presenting. Personally I thin
by krona 10y ago
One significant difference with the past examples you cite is that Typescript is gradually typed, so it's a false dichotomy you're presenting. Personally I think this is one of Typescript's biggest achievements, since the Typescript programmer gets to decide how structured their system should be.
- ChicagoDave 10y agoMaybe. But anecdotally I've heard from more than a few JS devs that they'd _never_ learn TypeScript because it adds structure they don't feel is necessary and that just following ES6 is good enough.
- chickenfries 10y agoHow can you know if something isn't worth the effort if you won't even learn to use it?
- vladimir-y 10y ago> Maybe. But anecdotally I've heard from more than a few JS devs that they'd _never_ learn TypeScript because it adds structure they don't feel is necessary and that just following ES6 is good enough. My guess is those were not an engineers, but script kiddies / code monkeys.
- ChicagoDave 10y agoThere are a _lot_ of those these days.