Comment by com2kid
19 hours ago
Us Node folks adapted typescript because we wanted static compiled types.
I wish TS had more of a runtime. The only thing I'm jealous of with regards to python is how seamlessly you can do JSON schema enforcement on HTTP endpoints. The Zod hoops are a constant source of irritation that only exists because the TS team is dogmatic.
> The only thing I'm jealous of with regards to python is how seamlessly you can do JSON schema enforcement on HTTP endpoints.
Yes, it is much easier in Python because type annotations are reflected at runtime.
I think Typescript is a perfectly cromulent language. I don't know it well but would seriously consider it for any problem that had a shape that admitted a dynamic language. There's a lot to be said for using dynamic languages, too!
Every non-runtime language is dynamic after being compiled to x64 machine code!
It is illusions and lies all the way down the instant the compiler finishes its job.
express-zod-api works well for me https://github.com/RobinTail/express-zod-api I'd say about as well as anything Python
Check out Perry the TypeScript compiler to native code