plu-ts VS TypeScript

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Plu-ts (Typescript)

You can check https://github.com/HarmonicLabs/plu-ts for Typescript development on Cardano. Still early, but looks promising.

I'm very excited about the project, if that is your case too consider having a look at the repository: https://github.com/HarmonicPool/plu-ts

Not anymore there are multiple compilers being buil. This is a working typescript one https://github.com/HarmonicPool/plu-ts

The problem here is that there are several implementations of "how-to-do" this integration BUT with modern frameworks. The guys from @atproto.com have implemented a wonderful pack in TypeScript and some guys has some solutions with NodeJS.

> Enums is going to make your TypeScript code not work in a future where TypeScript code can be run with Node.js

Apparently they're planning on adding a tsconfig option to disallow these Node-incompatible features as well [1].

Using this limited subset of TS also allows your code to compile with Bloomberg's ts-blank-space, which literally just replaces type declarations with blank spaces [2].

[1] https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/59601

[2] https://bloomberg.github.io/ts-blank-space/

The use of TypeScript in web development is being adopted by more companies, especially for large-scale projects, where its benefits are most noticeable. TypeScript improves code quality by offering static type checking, helping developers catch errors early and creating a more maintainable structure in the long term. Additionally, popular web frameworks such as React, Angular, and Vue.js are increasingly supporting TypeScript, making it a preferred choice for developers. In mobile development, Swift and Kotlin are the dominant languages, playing key roles in optimizing security and performance for iOS and Android platforms, respectively.

According to the documentation for TypeScript, “TypeScript is a strongly typed programming language that builds on JavaScript.”[1] The TypeScript language adds type syntax to help you catch errors early during development and keeps safeguards up while your development team grows as a project scales. TypeScript allows you to define the datatypes for variables and interfaces for objects. TypeScript uses these definitions to check your code for errors as it compiles and informs you when you are not following the definitions you set beforehand.

Look, I know some of you still resist TypeScript, but it's like peanut butter and jelly with React at this point. It catches mistakes early, makes refactoring less painful, supercharges your IDE's autocomplete, and gives new devs on your team built-in docs. Plus, all those fancy AI coding assistants? They work way better with strongly-typed code.

There are countless blogs and podcasts, but I find the best “newsletters” are new .d.ts files in the TypeScript repository. Just open, for example, es2024.collection.d.ts and enjoy 🙂

TypeScript GitHub Repository

25. TypeScript

Hono is developed in TypeScript, it prioritizes speed, ease of use, and enhanced productivity for developers.