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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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Andreas Evers
Andreas Evers

Andreas Evers leads the engineering team at KOR Financial as CTO. At Pivotal Software and VMware, he led the global application transformation architecture practice, helping major European enterprises and institutions with their digital transformation. His expertise spans various industries, including banking, insurance, aerospace, law enforcement, automotive and aviation. He is an avid open source software contributor and has spoken at international conferences such as Spring One, Current, Devoxx and Java One.