I have no qualms with TypeScript, but I'll admit i tilted a bit when i interviewed a .net dev whose reasons for using Typescript amounted to "i dont want to learn anything beyond classical inheritance and imperative programming".
Typing options are a great addition to js, it just saddens me when they're used in place of learning the language and the paradigms it offers.
Believe me, as a TS dev if another developer gave me that as a justification for using TS, I would get tilted as well. TS is a nice addition to JS, but not a replacement. In order to be a good TS developer, you need to be a good JS developer. TS is still just JS with types.
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I have no qualms with TypeScript, but I'll admit i tilted a bit when i interviewed a .net dev whose reasons for using Typescript amounted to "i dont want to learn anything beyond classical inheritance and imperative programming".
Typing options are a great addition to js, it just saddens me when they're used in place of learning the language and the paradigms it offers.
Believe me, as a TS dev if another developer gave me that as a justification for using TS, I would get tilted as well. TS is a nice addition to JS, but not a replacement. In order to be a good TS developer, you need to be a good JS developer. TS is still just JS with types.