Re:TypeScript at Google
by sureaboutthis on Sunday September 02, 2018 @10:18AM
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The vast majority of web development is done using JavaScript without TypeScript despite headlines on HN and reddit.
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The vast majority of web development was also done without jQuery in 2007 despite headlines on HN and reddit.
That did not mean jQuery wasn't better than the ugly ad-hoc kludges in vanilla JS most web developers used at the time.
Re:TypeScript at Google
by sureaboutthis on Sunday September 02, 2018 @03:55PM
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Whether jQuery, which is written in vanilla JavaScript, was better or not has nothing to do with my point.