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diff --git a/doc/decisions_history.md b/doc/decisions_history.md index 72ab06a2..68312e77 100644 --- a/doc/decisions_history.md +++ b/doc/decisions_history.md @@ -1,6 +1,20 @@ # Technical decisions and issues log -## 2018.07.05-10 Kotlin Migration of the Backend +## 2019.05.02-07 Frontend migration to TypeScript +[@joffrey-bion][1] — :key: *Frontend, TypeScript* + +Flow is nice, but doesn't give me the safety I expect. In its nature, Flow is a type checker aside from the build of +the project. This means that it is possible to build the project successfully even with type errors in it, depending on how it is +configured. + +I also wasn't too happy about the performance of the IDE integration of Flow. Maybe I didn't put much effort into +configuring things properly, but I did try multiple settings with more or less safety/performance. The overall +experience I had was not that great in this respect. + +TypeScript came and saved the day. During the migration, it spotted several places that Flow didn't point out and +where the types were incorrect. Also, I could clean up a bit the types of the redux actions and their creators. + +## 2018.07.05-10 Backend migration to Kotlin [@joffrey-bion][1] — :key: *Backend, Kotlin* Kotlin really improves on Java on multiple aspects: |