[xab9]

Maybe newish coders should learn the language they are using.

And of course there is typescript (and a gazillion of languages that can be transpiled to js these days), which synergizes very well with enterprise people and java/dotnet devs who never did a line of frontend before.

[munchbunny]

Maybe newish coders should learn the language they are using.

It's not a language thing. OOP discipline is a coding thing in general.

And of course there is typescript (and a gazillion of languages that can be transpiled to js these days), which synergizes very well with enterprise people and java/dotnet devs who never did a line of frontend before.

You sound like you don't actually understand why people like Typescript, or, more specifically, static typing.

[jnbiche]

> You sound like you don't actually understand why people like Typescript, or, more specifically, static typing.

Eh, in my experience, there are two types of Typescript users: 1) those users who appreciate the safety that type systems provide when used properly, and 2) those enterprise users of the language who have mostly only coded Java and C# and who like Typescript because it lets them write Java-style code for the browser.

[xab9]

I "don't actually understand why people like Typescript", or lemonade, or skiing, or eating fish. I know why I like it, including static typing, and how I can find a balance with using its features (and not using some).

On the other hand I'm not trying to hide that I'm bitter about the mental lazyness around typescript - I had some bad experience with interviewers who praised ts (without ever bothering to learn the core principles of javascript) a bit too much for my taste (but again, this may just be dismissed as anecdotal evidence, which it is).