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Pretty interesting numbers. FTA: > StackOverflow questions: FlowType: ~900; TypeScript~38,000 > GitHub Issues: FlowType: ~1,500 Open, 2,200 Closed; TypeScript
by whatever_dude 9y ago
Pretty interesting numbers. FTA:
> StackOverflow questions: FlowType: ~900; TypeScript~38,000
> GitHub Issues: FlowType: ~1,500 Open, 2,200 Closed; TypeScript: ~2,400 Open, 11,200 Closed
> GitHub pull requests FlowType: ~60 Open, 1,200 Closed; TypeScript: ~100 Open, ~5,000 Closed
> npm download per month FlowType: ~2.9 million/month, TypeScript: ~7.2 million/month
Community size or StackOverflow questions or, well, "popularity" are not exactly what makes a language or platform _good_, but I usually find that everything else being equal, there's a direct correlation. It's much easier being part of an engaged community.
- msoad 9y agoYes, it makes it easier to find solutions to possible problems you might have. We can call it Googlability maybe?!
- bcherny 9y agoNot to mention TypeScript has 10x the number of community typings as flow. See slide here: https://bcherny.github.io/Talks/why-typescript/#31 https://bcherny.github.io/Talks/why-typescript/#31
- hobofan 9y agoDepending on what you work on, that can still be enough. I mainly used Flow in React (+ usual libraries) codebases, and was never missing any typings.
- bcherny 9y agoWhat sort of products did you work on? I often find that even with TypeScript I end up having to type a few libraries myself.