Re:Node.js v4 Release Timeline
by dmarg on Thursday September 03, 2015 @11:31PM
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Yes, statically typed languages can help.
However, if you have good test coverage then you can test for that stuff and get a similar experience. For example, if a test break then you know your variable is not a number anymore when you need it to be.
Re:Node.js v4 Release Timeline
by te_chris on Friday September 04, 2015 @02:55AM
(#10169094)
Manually writing tests for things which the compiler automatically picks up is not my idea of 'a similar experience'. Background: ruby and is dev who is now learning Scala and loving having type safety
However, if you have good test coverage then you can test for that stuff and get a similar experience. For example, if a test break then you know your variable is not a number anymore when you need it to be.