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István Pató • Edited

We've rewritten a large code base to JavaScript + JSDoc from TypeScript:
SPA, frontend, Vue.js v2 + TS ➡️ Svelte + JS + JSDoc: half size of "runtime" JS and source code, three time faster build

  • smaller source code
  • readable code
  • increased maintainability
  • booting new developers is faster
  • more developers available, because you don't need to know TS
  • fewer dependencies: less breaking change, less vulnerability
  • less tooling

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