JavaScript broke the web (and called it progress)

Re:JavaScript broke the web (and called it progress) by const_cast on Friday June 20, 2025 @09:29PM (#44333754)

TypeScript is a wildly unpleasant language. If I'm going to be waiting around for a compiler anyway, why not use an easier nominally typed language? I mean, dotnet is right there... and it's got features out of the wazoo. No need to download external libraries when your bloated backend framework ties your shoes for you.

Or if I'm really into structural typing, Go is right there. I'll tell you, it compiles a lot faster. And a lot less type Olympics, too. Easier to read. Less bug-prone. TS isn't a bad language. But it's certainly not the best.

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Re:JavaScript broke the web (and called it progress) by nchmy on Saturday June 21, 2025 @10:12AM (#44337752)

Indeed, might as well use Go if you're going to use TypeScript.

Or ruby on rails, laravel, elixir or even WordPress, if you want things that are batteries included (which js frameworks or go still most definitely are not)

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