Very nice article!
That said, I am already an advocate of static/strongly typed languages anyhow.
Since I've started using TS, I've noticed that I've had to leave my IDE or even the file I was working on way less!
No need to switch between writing code and reading documentation anymore, if you know the basics of the code you're working with, the details can be filled in using intellisense.
I even prefer TS over basically any staticly typed language, since the typing system is just that powerful in TS. It requires you to learn some advanced things, but once you do, you can express full typings of very dynamic structures.
I think this will become my goto article to share with people that are on the fence about TS, matches my sentiment almost completely.
Very nice article!
That said, I am already an advocate of static/strongly typed languages anyhow.
Since I've started using TS, I've noticed that I've had to leave my IDE or even the file I was working on way less!
No need to switch between writing code and reading documentation anymore, if you know the basics of the code you're working with, the details can be filled in using intellisense.
I even prefer TS over basically any staticly typed language, since the typing system is just that powerful in TS. It requires you to learn some advanced things, but once you do, you can express full typings of very dynamic structures.
I think this will become my goto article to share with people that are on the fence about TS, matches my sentiment almost completely.
Thanks for the kind words!
Yes, TypeScript typing system is so amazing (which is not that surprising considering that Anders Hejlsberg who designed C# worked on TypeScript too).