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by PaulMest 1129 days ago
I don't use Svelte, but I appreciate the principled approach and the clear explanation.

I primarily coded in Python for 4 years. Then I founded a company that didn't need as much data science and my primary language switched to JavaScript (2 years) then TypeScript (4 years). Overall, I really like TypeScript. But I do absolutely miss being able to cmd + click into a function/class from an open source package and see the actual implementation and not just a type definition. This is probably the biggest day-to-day frustration I have with TS compared to JS and Python.
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bottlepalm 1128 days ago
What if TypeScript could compile to JS/JSDoc instead of source maps? I'm also not a fan of 'go to definition' bringing me to a dead end d.ts file, but also there has to be a better solution than verbosely JSDoc'ing all the things.
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mtone 1128 days ago
There was talk about introducing type syntax as valid but ignored in the JS language, making TS valid JS.

It would take forever to become mainstream but if node and major browsers started to support this tomorrow, along with ESM modules we could drop TS compilation and bundling entirely during development, safely publish npm packages as TS (even a bundled TS) and simplify tooling for monorepos, IDEs, etc.

Unfortunately that wouldn't solve dealing with templates like JSX/TSX or future language syntax/features.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/a-proposal-for-typ...

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bottlepalm 1127 days ago
Right yea that solution would be many years out and doesn't work for JSX. As opposed to compiling to JS/JSDoc which could be done today and should solve our problems with stepping into NPM package code without dead ends.
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