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Python has optional static typing, which I think is getting better with each new release, e.g. allowing `T | U` for union types in 3.10.

Types can be checked with mypy: http://www.mypy-lang.org/

For Django, there are these two typing packages:

- https://pypi.org/project/django-stubs

- https://pypi.org/project/django-types

I can't vouch for them, but it looks like they're being actively developed.

I like the idea of full-stack JavaScript (or TypeScript), but last time I tried to use Node for a back end, I couldn't find anything that compared to libraries/frameworks like Django, Rails, SQLAlchemy, etc.

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BasilPH4y ago

We're using django-stubs and we've been pretty happy with it. We've started the project with it, which was fairly simple. There's one or two model field types that are not supported but those can be skipped. We're using pre-commit to run mypy, this makes sure that we never commit a state that isn't type-checked.

bingohbangoh4y ago

Idk if its just me but I find the testing frameworks for expressJS to be _awful_ -- chai and mocha work great but throw in sinon and its like pulling teeth.

The lack of good documentation is painful and often treats me like I don't already know the concepts involve.

Sequelize isn't as intuitive as Django's ORM either imo.

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