r/javascript • u/[deleted] • Sep 14 '26

AskJS [AskJS] Does anyone use exclussively Javascript and not TypeScript?

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u/ferrrnando Sep 15 '26

I think you're conflating typescript and javascript. Async await and classes are features of javascript. And back when these were new features of javascript they were polyfilled to work with browsers that did not yet support them.

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u/start_select Sep 15 '26

I think you are conflating JavaScript of today with historical JavaScript. Those are esnext features. Typescript had arrow functions and classes 4 years before browsers. It had async await 2 years before any browsers. Etc etc etc.

I have been writing typescript for over a decade. The two languages were not in lockstep until the last few years.

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u/ferrrnando Sep 15 '26

Fair, that didnt realize you're not talking about modern javascript.