JavaScript First, Then TypeScript

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  • Svelte

    Cybernetically enhanced web apps

  • The Svelte team followed suit but motivated by the maintainer's developer experience as they migrated the project away from TypeScript in favor of plain JSDoc comments for type annotations instead.

  • turbo

    The speed of a single-page web application without having to write any JavaScript (by hotwired)

  • Most controversially, the Turbo framework dropped TypeScript support altogether after assessing that strong typing was the culprit behind poor developer experience.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • JSDoc

    An API documentation generator for JavaScript.

  • The Svelte team followed suit but motivated by the maintainer's developer experience as they migrated the project away from TypeScript in favor of plain JSDoc comments for type annotations instead.

  • fresh

    The next-gen web framework.

  • The Fresh framework by Deno cited an improved developer experience due to tighter feedback loops.

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