TypeScript is, by definition, longer than untyped JavaScript. As such, the development time is longer (assuming everything else is equal).
Everything else is not equal. The cost of finding bugs later in the SDLC is demonstrably more expensive than finding them earlier.
You allude to the fact that TypeScript is unnecessary for experienced programmers which leads me to believe that you agree it's helpful for inexperienced programmers. You work for a place that produces inexperienced programmers.
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Everything else is not equal. The cost of finding bugs later in the SDLC is demonstrably more expensive than finding them earlier.
You allude to the fact that TypeScript is unnecessary for experienced programmers which leads me to believe that you agree it's helpful for inexperienced programmers. You work for a place that produces inexperienced programmers.