Does JavaScript Make Developers Love Static Typing?

Many developers swear by statically typed languages such as C#, Java, C++, Go, Swift and Rust. Could experience with JavaScript be a reason for this?

I am generally a big fan of dynamically typed languages, or at least so I thought. In fact I have written a number of stories praising the virtues of dynamic typing:

• Why Use a Dynamic Language over a Statically Typed One?
• The Many Advantages of…