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Discussion on: Writing ES6 in your Node.js Applications

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Jeffrey Fate

Why not use typescript instead? (Maybe I just can't get away from my love of strongly typed languages)

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Dhruv

afaik typescript also needs a compiler no? babel has a typescript plugin too.

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Jeffrey Fate

Technically, yes. But, to me it is much more seamless with everything I've needed so far bundled with TS. It feels less cobbled together than using Babel, Webpack, or Rollup. Plus, it essentially automatically stays updated as new language features are added.

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Jakub Keller

There is that problem of Typescript sucking ass though...