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Well it does mean in order to understand the library and/or contribute you have to use <flavour of the month>. Also it makes the library prone to rewrites if so

Well it does mean in order to understand the library and/or contribute you have to use <flavour of the month>. Also it makes the library prone to rewrites if something else comes up. I don’t mind TS (though es6 suits me fine) but I have seen many js paradigms come and go. Who knows maybe TS will stick around for the long haul.

znite 8y ago
Considering Typescript is a superset of javascript & the future of javascript - ie. they always plan to be implementing future javascript 'now', that is their whole reason for existence, and that their team sits on the javascript committee, then yes, I think it is around for the long haul. https://www.techtalko.com/2018/03/17/typescript-the-future-of-javascript https://www.techtalko.com/2018/03/17/typescript-the-future-o...
- speedplane 8y ago
  This is a tired argument. SCSS was supposed to take over CSS... still waiting. For a hot minute, CoffeeScript was supposed to take over javascript. In the end, CoffeeScript didn't have a chance, but at the time many thought it did. Typescript may be different and may be better, but there is a lot of rightly justified hesitation to adopting it.
  - omnimus 8y ago
    Well SCSS took over CSS.
    - swsieber 8y ago
      By what definition? Can I execute SCSS in modern browsers without needing to compile it?
      - omnimus 8y ago
        As far as i know this was really never aim of the project. But everybody uses it. I would even say it oppened doors for JS compilation.. because everybody already has build process for css so why not js.
nightski 8y ago
Considering TS has been around since 2012 and has the full backing and support of MS since then I'd say calling it the flavor of the month is not necessary. Might they drop it some day? Maybe, but seeing as they have several large profile products using it that is unlikely any time soon.
realusername 8y ago
If TS does not stick around, it's very trivial to remove the types and put it back in plain JS, that's why even in the worst case scenario TS will not be a technical debt.

znite 8y ago

Considering Typescript is a superset of javascript & the future of javascript - ie. they always plan to be implementing future javascript 'now', that is their whole reason for existence, and that their team sits on the javascript committee, then yes, I think it is around for the long haul. https://www.techtalko.com/2018/03/17/typescript-the-future-of-javascript https://www.techtalko.com/2018/03/17/typescript-the-future-o...

speedplane 8y ago
This is a tired argument. SCSS was supposed to take over CSS... still waiting. For a hot minute, CoffeeScript was supposed to take over javascript. In the end, CoffeeScript didn't have a chance, but at the time many thought it did. Typescript may be different and may be better, but there is a lot of rightly justified hesitation to adopting it.
- omnimus 8y ago
  Well SCSS took over CSS.
  - swsieber 8y ago
    By what definition? Can I execute SCSS in modern browsers without needing to compile it?
    - omnimus 8y ago
      As far as i know this was really never aim of the project. But everybody uses it. I would even say it oppened doors for JS compilation.. because everybody already has build process for css so why not js.

nightski 8y ago

Considering TS has been around since 2012 and has the full backing and support of MS since then I'd say calling it the flavor of the month is not necessary. Might they drop it some day? Maybe, but seeing as they have several large profile products using it that is unlikely any time soon.

realusername 8y ago

If TS does not stick around, it's very trivial to remove the types and put it back in plain JS, that's why even in the worst case scenario TS will not be a technical debt.