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by solardev 1353 days ago
...I think that's the point of Typescript, no? Being able to write in almost-Javascript with one extra step (that most IDEs take care of automatically anyway) is still nicer than having to learn an entirely different language and toolchain that then compiles down to JS in the end.

For web dev, having a single language everywhere is really nice.