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TypeScript is awesome. I tried Dart first and found I could bang out code much faster, but when you start to push the Dart team about JavaScript you soon realiz
by michaelwww 13y ago
TypeScript is awesome. I tried Dart first and found I could bang out code much faster, but when you start to push the Dart team about JavaScript you soon realize they don't care much for JavaScript and really do want to replace it. I'm not ready to abandon JavaScript just yet. TypeScript adds type checking, code completion and easy refactoring to normal JavaScript code. It's all gain and no pain. I can only assume it's not taken off even stronger because it's from Microsoft.
- agilebyte 13y agoI would say type checking is one of the "pain". Do not get me wrong I use it so that it is clear to other os developers what the expected interfaces are, but absolutely cannot stand the current state of `d.ts` files for external libraries ending up fixing those and searching for different versions instead of focusing on my code.
- michaelwww 13y agoI've had nothing but good experience with the definitley typed library https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
- agilebyte 13y agoI am glad you did. My first point of contention is the fact that there is only one version of a definition file for a library. I sometimes do not have the luxury of choosing just the version that they have in the repo.