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The overwhelming majority of serious work in JS is authored in TypeScript.

• stephenr 1y ago
  That just Sounds like an even stronger argument to add types to the language.
  • chrisweekly 1y ago
    Could be.
  • paulddraper 1y ago
    Yeah. The hard part is that types are very hard/complex, with many tradeoffs. A standard with strong backwards compat and is interpreted consistently is hard (see Python).
• cluckindan 1y ago
  That is a ”no true Scotsman” argument.
  • chrisweekly 1y ago
    How so? GP complained about JS lack of types. I pointed out that most JS actually benefits from types, given it's typically authored in TS. No moving goalposts, no "true Scotsman" arg.
    • cluckindan 1y ago
      Paraphrasing: >> JS has progressed but it still lacks types, it seems crazy to do serious programming work in a language that doesn’t have such basic things > Serious programming work in JS is done in TypeScript
      • chrisweekly 1y ago
        My point was agreeing with the GP's underlying point that types matter. Yes it'd be crazy to do serious programming work in JS without types -- that's why ~nobody does that. It's why TypeScript exists and ~everybody doing serious work on JS projects uses it. Their argument was almost a strawman, it refers to a hypothetical situation that doesn't pertain. Serious JS programmers use TS.
        • cluckindan 1y ago
          And are vanilla 0-dep 0-build projects just gimmicks and toys?