Why I Prefer TypeScript

Loose Typing Is Too Loose For Being A Solid Foundation

It’s an ongoing battle. The ones who argue TypeScript is great and those who push back to good old vanilla JavaScript. Since 2012, we have had TS available when Microsoft introduced it. Later, larger companies like Google, Asana, Slack, and Airbnb became early adopters.

With Angular 2 adopting TypeScript, smaller companies, open source, and single develo…