Message from JavaScript discussions
March 2017
— Typescript also transpiles to es5 and supports all es6 features + type safety and much more
Https://hackernoon.com/how-it-feels-to-learn-javascript-in-2016-d3a717dd577f#.oflbql7vf
I'm sure you've all read this before, but yeah, it's just too true
— Read it
— Hmm
— Sure, that just involves me setting up a build pipeline before I can write a single line of code
— Think it's best if you write your old browser code and give it maintenance even when it's no longer needed.
— Or write in the new standard and stop transpiling when it is no longer required and have its code more maintainable?
— I could probably finish the project in jquery by the time I've learned to set up all the tooling I need for modern JS stuff
— Fully opiniated frameworks like VueJS, angular , etc don't have this overhead
— Angular still requires build steps
— VueJS is easy to get started
— Even then, I still have to go through the whole mess once I have any dependencies anyway