TIL about the greek question mark

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

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  • @[email protected]
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    91 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
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      01 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
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              11 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?

              • @[email protected]
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                11 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
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                  11 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.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    11 year ago

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