Yep, 100% agreed that pure juniors would get more out of learning JS proper first and move on after. There's only so much your brain can soak in at once, and I don't equate this to learning JavaScript first vs jQuery/React/Angular/library where the latter can sometimes give beginners a rush of "hey I built something" and help spark learning.
But hey - TypeScript code can definitely give you that feeling of "hey look how well organized my code is" and maybe that does it for someone. Especially if you're moving from a different typed language, maybe it makes more sense to you than raw JS and you can back you way in after.
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Yep, 100% agreed that pure juniors would get more out of learning JS proper first and move on after. There's only so much your brain can soak in at once, and I don't equate this to learning JavaScript first vs jQuery/React/Angular/library where the latter can sometimes give beginners a rush of "hey I built something" and help spark learning.
But hey - TypeScript code can definitely give you that feeling of "hey look how well organized my code is" and maybe that does it for someone. Especially if you're moving from a different typed language, maybe it makes more sense to you than raw JS and you can back you way in after.