I've been a developer for roughly 2 years, all spent using JavaScript and TypeScript. For a large project I would never go back to JavaScript, i think types make my life much easier. Admittedly we still use any in our codebase but that's also what I like about TS. Since you can just write normal JS, you are not forced to type everything, if you feel like it would take longer to apply proper types than the actual benefit you would get from doing so, you can still write plain JS or use any.
Overall I've had a great experience with TS, i had to learn it during the first few months as Junior dev and to be honest it's very easy to pick up.
All our codebases are strict mode. But I see value for explicit any. But on the other hand I wish any just worked. It's been hard because casting to any sometimes just doesn't work too. I understand why but try to teach developers that. There isn't just an escape hatch. I think though for junior devs this is an easier pickup because they sort of don't realize what they are missing in terms of how you can approach problems with JavaScript.
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I've been a developer for roughly 2 years, all spent using JavaScript and TypeScript. For a large project I would never go back to JavaScript, i think types make my life much easier. Admittedly we still use
anyin our codebase but that's also what I like about TS. Since you can just write normal JS, you are not forced to type everything, if you feel like it would take longer to apply proper types than the actual benefit you would get from doing so, you can still write plain JS or useany.Overall I've had a great experience with TS, i had to learn it during the first few months as Junior dev and to be honest it's very easy to pick up.
All our codebases are strict mode. But I see value for explicit
any. But on the other hand I wishanyjust worked. It's been hard because casting toanysometimes just doesn't work too. I understand why but try to teach developers that. There isn't just an escape hatch. I think though for junior devs this is an easier pickup because they sort of don't realize what they are missing in terms of how you can approach problems with JavaScript.