Why you shouldn’t use TypeScript!

Manpreet Singh
3 min readSep 24, 2021

Welcome back! Typescript is an awesome programming language that was developed by Microsoft, but it isn’t perfect, let’s talk about some reasons why you shouldn’t use Typescript. Now, although this article is critical of Typescript, it still has it’s advantages, so be sure to look at both the pros and cons of this specific programming language. With this long introduction out of the way, let’s get into it!

Compiling Code Speed

A fairly large problem with Typescript is the compiling speed of this language, is it a big deal? It depends, although it maybe slower to compile than other languages, there are still ways to speed up your project, check out this wiki from the Typescript GitHub page:

Transforming Typescript To Javascript

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