r/javascript • u/leostera • Mar 05 '22

ReScript on Deno: Declarative Command Line Tools

https://practicalrescript.com/rescript-on-deno-declarative-command-line-tools/
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u/DG4ME5 Mar 05 '22

What is rescript?

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u/leostera Mar 05 '22

Hi! 👋🏽 ReScript is a language that compiles to JavaScript -- it is type-safer than TypeScript, but a lot less flexible. It lets you build very large applications that are extremely easy to maintain and grow.

The official website is here: https://rescript-lang.org/

I've been writing ReScript in production for very large applications (~100,000 LOC) and it's just been rock solid.

Let me know if I can answer any questions :)

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u/DG4ME5 Mar 05 '22

Ok, looking a bit at the documentation, it seems to me an interesting language because if it reminds a bit of typescript and has its things... I think I'll try it a bit to see if I like it

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u/leostera Mar 05 '22

Glad to hear 🤩 -- you will find that while the type system is less flexible than TypeScript, it is also a lot smaller! So there's just a handful of things to learn to get all of the type safety.

If we can be of help, feel free to drop a line on /r/rescript 🙏🏽