TIL about the greek question mark

Tell me, can you tell the difference between these two characters?

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

  • fidodo@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    9
    ·
    1 year ago

    After switching to typescript with linting and prettier I simply hate writing vanilla JavaScript anymore. Some people complain about the extra project setup needed but I find that time pays for itself immediately.

    • Andrew@mander.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Extra project setup like pnpm add -D typescript && tsc --init? One thing that is kinda annoying is that you have to manage were will js files go.

            • Andrew@mander.xyz
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              1 year ago

              I don’t know. I never used eslint, therefore it is not needed. Everything works perfectly fine without it.

              Why do you need it?

              • fidodo@lemm.ee
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                1
                ·
                1 year ago

                Same reason you use typescript. It helps you catch bugs and follow programming best practices. You also don’t need typescript, but with it your code is better. Typescript is technically just a really fancy linter. The actual compilation mainly just removes the type data and does some JavaScript engine compatibility.

                • Andrew@mander.xyz
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  1
                  ·
                  1 year ago

                  So why there are typescript extensions for eslint if both are linters for JS? You should either use eslint with JS or transpile TS to JS, right?

                  Are there bugs in TS that eslint can catch?

                  I personally never seen TS project with eslint.

                  • fidodo@lemm.ee
                    link
                    fedilink
                    arrow-up
                    1
                    ·
                    1 year ago

                    Typescript compiler enforces language requirements, the linter enforces language best practices. Best practices help you avoid bugs.