Is JSDoc Better than TypeScript?

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott use the fact that Svelte is being converted from TypeScript to JavaScript with JSDoc to talk about the benefits of working that way, why they are doing it, and what you can do with JSDoc that TypeScript alone doesn’t let you do.
Show Notes 00:10 Welcome

01:12 Roof update

02:15 TypeScript haters need not apply

03:17 What is JSDoc?

04:27 What is our history with JSDoc?

06:37 Why is Svelte moving to JSDoc?

08:11 Why is JSDoc better than TypeScript?

12:31 You can type things you can’t in TypeScript

16:37 Param, Function and returns Descriptions

21:32 Spoiler - it’s still TypeScript

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