I'm into web development so TypeScript / JavaScript are parts of my stack. I also prefer TypeScript due to its typing system. Here are the problems.
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Compatibility issues:
- Every now and then, an error will pop up because the library does not fully support TypeScript.
- ES version is also an issue, some libraries only support ES5, some ES6, and so on. This sometimes makes such a trivial task like
importbecome a pain.
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Transpiling issues:
- Although most of the tasks are handled by bundled cli like
create-react-app, many times I spent hours just to figure out why myjesttests fails as it could not run on this 1% TypeScript code. Certainly, this problem not limited tojestthough.
- Although most of the tasks are handled by bundled cli like
Be it a framework, a library, a programming language, etc. What are the pain points of your beloved technology?
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Definitely for me using Next.js with other React libraries. For instance, when I use the React component library MUI with Next.js, sometimes there are issues with trying to use them together since there's a lack of documentation out there to cover such use-cases.
Ruby on Rails is my tech stack of choice. And at this point my major pain point is that server end points are mapped to controller methods. I'd love first class objects for each method. But that's manageable.