Show me studies where static typing is shown to be superior to any of the other options. I'm not saying it's bad, but I'm irritated by the tone which assumes it knows things which it does not.
TypeScript is extremely popular.
Obviously there is some subjectivity here. Different people can have different opinions. Different kinds of projects may call for different approaches. But it's hard to argue that all those developers using TypeScript chose to do so without getting any benefit.
It's bliss in TypeScript. Nearly impossible in JS.
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To me the value prop of Typescript isn't the initial writing, it's the maintainability. Having good types makes it significantly easier to maintain and refactor.