Mastodawn

tante Dec 20, 2022

Javascript feels very unfriendly to "start with".

Like I want a best practice guide for modern JS and basically everyone tells you "Yeah I use Flerp but that's outdated, you should use Shlorp" and the Shlorp docs tell you you need "Peteng" and "Gropsh" set up before starting.

It's super hard to see best practice that's not "you are a startup with limitless funding, here do microservices in Kubernetes with this Meta Framework.

Show thread

tante Dec 20, 2022

(I don't need to "learn to code", I need a no-nonsense JS thing for people who are competent in another language. If I have to read another explainer of IF I'll have to kill myself)

Show thread

Michael McCune ☮️

@tante my impression is that this is why the typescript community has been growing so much. the language has much more structure (while being js compatible), and as such the tooling around it is following that structure.

https://www.typescriptlang.org/

fwiw, my bias is completely in the other direction. i'm all /loosey goosey/ when it comes to my js, but i'm not getting paid for it. good luck!

JavaScript With Syntax For Types.

TypeScript extends JavaScript by adding types to the language. TypeScript speeds up your development experience by catching errors and providing fixes before you even run your code.