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Which side are you? Javascript or Typescript (i.postimg.cc)

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[–] Theharpyeagle 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (42 children)

Honestly, as a mainly backend dev wanting to do more full stack, webdev is frustratingly intimidating. I keep trying to look up best practices but there's so little in the way of consensus. "Use JQuery, no use Vue! React is better, but also React is clunky and bad. Write pure js, no don't that's a waste of time, at least use typescript." It's all such a mess and I spend so long trying to figure out what to use. I'm trying to just pick something and stick with it, but I keep worrying that I'm not doing things the best way.

[–] 9point6 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I'd agree with you if you were saying this about 8 years ago, but IMO the post-jQuery-front-end dust has settled and the "best" (in terms of what most organisations end up choosing) hasn't really changed in a while.

Typescript unless you've got a really good reason not to.
React if you have anything remotely complex.
Webpack (or one of the wrappers) to bundle it up.

Sure, someone may like a React alternative, and that's completely fine. But at the end of the day, most companies are using React because it's basically industry standard at this point, and it's got too much momentum behind it for that to change any time soon.