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by jacquesm 1545 days ago
Typescript requires an intermediate step though.

We had the Typescript vs JS debate when starting out with pianojacq.com and I was pretty strongly committed to doing it in plain JS and not to have any tooling dependencies or build step. Which I think is the one thing that makes JS at least moderately interesting: that it is a language that in theory does not require any tooling beyond the browser. Of course, the day Typescript is supported natively by the browsers that argument will die. But for now that does not seem to be the case.
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dimgl 1545 days ago
I agree that just JavaScript is okay for simple applications. In fact I didn't use TypeScript for a really long time because getting the tooling going can be cumbersome at first.

TypeScript shines with complex webapps. Having the typing prevents a whole class of issues and helps with refactoring quite a bit.

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jacquesm 1545 days ago
Yes, agreed. And small projects tend to grow to much larger projects over time so it may well make sense to choose Typescript even if your project is still small.
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