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Comment on Are we ready for javascript without a build step on the front end in 2023?

icesentry@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

If you want type safety and no build step you do like svelte did and use jsdoc instead. You can run the typescript type checker on those annotations so if you care about not having a build step you can still have type safety.

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Rooki@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
its like js but with extra steps WHY NOT USING TS then?

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- icesentry@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  That’s litterally less step. It’s just a comment above a function. How is that more steps?
  
  I mean, don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind build step but this is objectively less steps.
  
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  - Rooki@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    In typescript you dont comment before there you see the variable name and that (should be enough) and the type is there…
    
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realharo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
That sounds like spending a lot of extra effort just to avoid a little up-front effort.

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- icesentry@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  How is it extra effort? It’s just a comment instead of inline types. It’s not like going from no types to types everywhere.
  
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