I don't think you'll find people in the rust subreddit arguing for JavaScript over Typescript :) Answer from 50u1506 on reddit.com
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r/rust on Reddit: Is TypeScript + Rust a good stack?
September 29, 2024 -
Currently, I only work in TypeScript but I am very fond of learning low level optimizations and working in more type safe languages rather than using high level languages.
I will be learning rust regardless of any comments, but I was curious, what is the general opinion regarding this?
Using Typescript for frontend (before anyone says just use javascript, I don't want to) and Rust for backend?
What I'm assuming would work is:
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Rust backend and Typescript frontend.
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Rust everything and TypeScript integration to frontend for the rust application compiled using wasm.
I just don't wanna use js or look at a js file.
I understand it will also require the knowledge and use of wasm, correct?
Thoughts please.
Edit:
Asking for personal learning and not for any special project.
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I don't think you'll find people in the rust subreddit arguing for JavaScript over Typescript :)
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IMO it's a great mix. Rust on the frontend just isn't as productive as is Hot-Reloaded CSS/JS. I use actix-web on the backend. Haven't played yet with openapi, but I will in the future. On the front-end, I use Svelte with TailwindCSS, a total power house in terms of productivity. Sadly, Rust frontend libraries all derive their ideas from React which is simply much harder to write than svelte. I think it's amazing how easily we can compile our Rust code to WASM. But I also think that here, Rust shines the most for computing heavy things or when you need to share complex logic in the backend and frontend.
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