There's no divide between TypeScript and JavaScript. TypeScript loves JavaScript. Want to use JSDoc in JavaScript? TypeScript will help you out. Want to write ZERO types? TypeScript will still try its best to help. Here's me, Anders Hejlsberg and Ryan Cavanaugh 👉 searyanc.dev on bsky to explain.

@SeaRyanC These clips were taken from the upcoming TS doc - check out the trailer here!

@ahejlsberg @SeaRyanC “Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.” — Linus Torvalds Anti-TypeScript folk probably haven't experienced the magic of "type-driven development" — defining the types, then letting the code write itself.

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@ahejlsberg @SeaRyanC Yeah that is actually a good point. "If you use vscode with javascript, you actually use typescript". 👌

@ahejlsberg @SeaRyanC I thought JSDoc was the bare minimum, but I do not feel comfortable writing a code without an annotation block above it. JS, PHP, and even Python sometimes. Yeah, but I guess adding JSDoc to typescript seems unnecessary.

@ahejlsberg @SeaRyanC Your on-camera body language and speech delivery is immaculate, Matt. I know you did not post this video to hear this... but here you go!

@ahejlsberg @SeaRyanC Cool

@ahejlsberg @SeaRyanC Using jsdoc for CLIs in particular should be seriously considered. This way you get rid of compile step immediately.

@ahejlsberg @SeaRyanC Awesome clip Matt Everyone is likely already using it