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Discussion on: TypeScript is a waste of time. Change my mind.

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Vincent S.C. • Edited

If I had to summarize my preference for using typescript succinctly: it's quite simply easier to pick up a project that has been written with typescript, and I mean that in the sense of IDE autofills. I'm a vim user, but I have to assume other IDE's behave the same way. It's nice to work with predefined objects made by other people and not have to go on a goose hunt to find expected values -everything is right there for your autocompletion, definition showing... etc. pleasure.
And maybe I'm a bit old fashion, but I find merit in taking the time to define enums and interfaces, beyond my own satisfaction of doing so.