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Discussion on: What library/language/tool wowed you with its developer experience?

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Pacharapol Withayasakpunt • Edited

I particularly like Kotlin. It can do everything Python/JavaScript can, plus more. But I have to agree it is more restrictive to write than TypeScript.

On a little shaky footing do I like TypeScript. I can even run a CLI script with ts-node, and I can always escape to JavaScript with any and // @ts-ignore. It also integrates well with the IDE, if you don't escape to JavaScript. Being JavaScript in nature, it feels patchy here and there. Still, I prefer to write server-side code and CLI scripts in TypeScript.