[samwillis]

What I like about TypeScript is that all these features are optional, declaring that they should be avoided is going too far, bus so would be saying that you should always use all features of a language if it could apply.

Everything has its place, and for allot of the features of TypeScript I think they are designed to be useful when you have a large number of developers working on incredibly large codebases.

I suppose in some ways it's like C++, you can decide to fully embrace all of its features, or code in a much more C like way, just taking advantage of classes.

It comes down to personal/team preference, what works for you.

Personally with TypeScript I'm inclined to code in a "closer to JavaScript" way (but taking full advantage of types obviously), but would happily work in whatever style was prevailing in the project.