I'm into web development so TypeScript / JavaScript are parts of my stack. I also prefer TypeScript due to its typing system. Here are the problems.
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Compatibility issues:
- Every now and then, an error will pop up because the library does not fully support TypeScript.
- ES version is also an issue, some libraries only support ES5, some ES6, and so on. This sometimes makes such a trivial task like
importbecome a pain.
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Transpiling issues:
- Although most of the tasks are handled by bundled cli like
create-react-app, many times I spent hours just to figure out why myjesttests fails as it could not run on this 1% TypeScript code. Certainly, this problem not limited tojestthough.
- Although most of the tasks are handled by bundled cli like
Be it a framework, a library, a programming language, etc. What are the pain points of your beloved technology?
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Definitely for me using Next.js with other React libraries. For instance, when I use the React component library MUI with Next.js, sometimes there are issues with trying to use them together since there's a lack of documentation out there to cover such use-cases.