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Will JavaScript type annotations kill TypeScript?
The creators of Svelte and Turbo 8 both dropped TS recently saying that "it's not worth it".
Yes: If JavaScript gets type annotations then there's no reason for TypeScript to exist.
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No: TypeScript remains the best language for structuring large enterprise applications.
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TBD: The existing user base and its corpensource owner means that TypeScript isn’t likely to reach EOL without a putting up a fight.
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I hope they both die. I mean, if you really need strong types in the browser then you could leverage WASM and use a real programming language.
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I don’t know and I don’t care.
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Ala Dewberry
Ala Dewberry

Ala Dewberry works at VMware on the xLabs team in the Office of the CTO. She got her start working on open source ticketing system Request Tracker, before working in application security at Veracode, doing a stint in Fintech at SS&C, and now enjoying all things infrastructure. Ala loves edge, distributed systems and security.