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Re:What React Gets Wrong by jehna1 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @05:20PM (#25678430)
It's not part of Javascript, so you'll always need Babel (or similar transpiler) as a dependency and some kind of build step.

It's additional complexity when you could have solved the same issue by using better design on the API level.

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Re:What React Gets Wrong by sojournerc on Thursday January 07, 2021 @05:23PM (#25678493)
Typescript transpiles JSX, which doesn't disprove your point at all, but it's worth mentioning.

I don't intend to ever write un-typed, naked javascript again if I don't have to.

Even scripting, ts-node is perfect for it.

And as far as complexity - I find typescript to be far better than webpack/babel in configuration and UX.

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