TypeScript vs KotlinJS
summary
Compares concrete experiments: KotlinJS projects built from IntelliJ/Gradle producing webpack bundles, React + Redux + REST forms done both ways, and interoperability tested by writing Kotlin wrappers around npm libs. Finds TypeScript’s huge community and seamless JS interop gives faster, lower-effort results; KotlinJS yields Kotlin coroutines/suspending functions and expressive DSLs but needs manual wrappers and hits limits with unions/intersections. Dukat type generator exists but is Dukat type generator (experimental) and often requires hand edits; overall demos run, but TypeScript is the smoother path for production web apps.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Intro
- 3:36Experiment: Is KotlinJS worth it?
- 9:43Round 1: Community
- 11:23Round 2: Interop with JavaScript
- 15:28Round 3: JSX vs DSL
- 24:59Round 4: Async await vs coroutines
- 27:41Round 5: Elegant syntax
- 31:33Conclusion
- 34:42Outro
