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docs: are there any plans for a javascript and typescript section
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Dear Ubuntu docs team,
Thanks for this documentation. It is a great resource and accelerator to quickly set up and get coding.
Wondering if there are any plans to include a JavaScript JS and TypeScript TS section.
While there aren't likely the same issues as with compiled languages with compilers for C/C++ or runtime environments for Java. Both JS and TS are important languages and there are a lot of things out there using them one way or another. And while JS/TS can often be interpreted some of this code does go through a build step and is complied.
It would be great to get Ubuntu's take on build with JS/TS particularly for server side projects. And maybe the distinction might be between compiled code and code that is not and will only ever be interpreted. And providing an Ubuntu view on compiled JS/TS code base tools. So while JS/TS can be Just In Time JIT complied by interpreters into byte code by browsers some for example may be 'compiled' for node.js .
For example many projects in FINOS use JS/TS and there is the Open JS Foundation part of the Linux Foundation.
While there might be arguments for many other languages to be included in this documentation these two seem to be sufficiently important to warrant some documentation here.
Build time, Runtime, Execution time. The state of the art of JS/TS having changed and continues to evolve away from the JS's early scripting days.
Appreciate this is not as straight forward as C/C++ or Java or Python and much more open ended.
Yours,
York
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Start at the Ubuntu for Developers documentation linked in the report and review its existing language and toolchain sections. Define the scope for JavaScript and TypeScript coverage, including build, runtime, execution, and server-side projects; done means an agreed documentation plan or a completed section.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, node.js, typescript
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100