‘any’ is great for porting javascript into typescript, and integrating with java...

schwartzworld · on March 3, 2023

Adding types to code that was written with `any` is going to be much harder than using `unknown`.

bazoom42 · on March 3, 2023

The point is if you have existing JavaScript you want to integrate with TypeScript.

You should not need ‘any’ in code written in TypeScript from the beginning.

schwartzworld · on March 3, 2023

Sure, but at least with unknown you will have done some narrowing.

Writing Typescript well requires some fundamentally different patterns than javascript. Adding types afterward is like pulling out your teeth slowly.