ReScript: A Better Typed JavaScript? (with Gabriel Nordeborn)
Developer Voices
Performance Challenges in TypeScript vs. ReScript
This chapter explores the performance complexities inherent in large TypeScript codebases, particularly focusing on type checking and its impact on developer experience. It contrasts TypeScript's extensive toolset with ReScript's more streamlined approach, highlighting its efficiency and simplicity, especially in areas like immutability and pattern matching. The chapter further emphasizes the importance of compilation speed for productivity, sharing anecdotes about the effects of slow feedback loops on developer workflow.
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