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Comment by Atul Sharma on "Is it OK to learn TypeScript before JavaScript?" | Hashnode

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Atul Sharma

Full Stack Developer | Cloud Native Applications

Jul 27, 2017

There is no need to learn typescript explicitly until you are planning to work on Angular 2 /4 .

Typescript is good, forces you to write better JavaScript code, complies to JavaScript but, essentially not required for other frameworks.

ES6 is enough JavaScript to work on all libraries and frameworks.

Marco Alka

Software Engineer, Technical Consultant & Mentor

Jul 27, 2017

C++ compiles to ASM, so why learn C++? ASM is enough to write code and work on libraries...

I think, it is a good thing that people actually try to write good code, especially beginners can profit a lot from stricter rules.

Kleo Petrov

Professional human being for 29 years

Jul 27, 2017

TypeScript doesn't end with Angular 2/4 or some other framework. Github Desktop, Visual Studio Code and Coherent-Labs Editor (shameless plug) are examples of big projects using TypeScript without any framework.

TypeScript is a great tool for developing npm packages and postgraphql, ant-design, howtographql are great examples.

I do agree that TypeScript enforces you to write good JavaScript code and that is one of the strongest benefits it provides.