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> Better use jsDoc, d.ts files are scary and are really complex

Why would you use d.ts files and not just... .ts files?

When you want to integrate a javascript module that isn't annotated with types... types in a dynamic language like javascript are complex once you start doing really abstract things like generics the fun of typescript ends, also there is a recent push to abandon typescript mostly fueled by svelte fan base but nevertheless typescript is really complex, easy to shotgun yourself.

The whole point of explicit complexity of Typescript is to prevent you from shotgunning yourself from implicit complexity of Javascript.

And thats why it isn't worth, you are adding complexity to a problem that doesn't need to be complex, jsDoc is the best of both worlds, type safety, zero complexity and it works with typescript (if you still really want to use it).

Personally i think typescript isn't going to be around much time on the frontend side, maybe on the backend by some people that still believe in adding another compiler layer to their build time.

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