A few days ago, David Heinemeier Hansson 

announced

 that Turbo 8 

is dropping TypeScript

. I'm okay with that because I don't even know what Turbo 8 is. However, over the past few years, some frontend programmers have tried to sell me the idea that "TypeScript is useless, just use tests". I think people with such opinions either don't care about code quality or simply don't know what TypeScript is. Here, I will explain why you should use TypeScript.

Master Yoda

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A few days ago, David Heinemeier Hansson announced that Turbo 8 is dropping TypeScript. I think people with such opinions either don't care about code quality or don't know what TypeScript is. The code quality control is a complex process to keep the code maintainable.

Refusing TypeScript is a signal that you don't care about code quality

Developer experience and development costs

I see the backend type wars have finally reached the front end.
I’ve always found the people who hate static types see verbosity as complexity. While people who like static typing see ambiguity as complexity.
I personally like the rigor of typing, it helps me reason about a code path more effectively.

That is when you have not faced more complex code or question yet. Try it and I believed you will more painfull when using ts.