I’m with you. I actually prefer type systems when the language has them, however I find that languages that transpile to JS come with their own set of problems.
The jsdoc for my code is right next to the code so for all intents and purposes, it is the code. Intellisense for vars is always showing itself, to remind you if the jsdoc type is wrong.
It’s just a trade off, like many things in engineering. Millions of people have been coding in just JavaScript pretty well so far, so I wouldn’t limit the question to just my team.
The jsdoc for my code is right next to the code so for all intents and purposes, it is the code. Intellisense for vars is always showing itself, to remind you if the jsdoc type is wrong.
It’s just a trade off, like many things in engineering. Millions of people have been coding in just JavaScript pretty well so far, so I wouldn’t limit the question to just my team.