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toolslive 28 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Parse, Don't Validate – In a Language That Doesn't...

You don't have to use TypeScript if you don't want to: you can compile Haskell, Ocaml, Rust, F#, ... to javascript. This is quite efficient, especially if your backend is already in one of those languages. It saves you from creating the same abstraction twice in different languages.

esafak 28 days ago [–]

How does that work with JS frameworks like React, since most development takes place with them?

toolslive 27 days ago | [–]

it's not that different compared to using the FFI.

The link below shows how it can work for Ocaml <-> TypeScript.

https://github.com/ocsigen/ts2ocaml

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