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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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AUTHOR PROFILE
Holger Temme
Holger Temme

Holger Temme is the director of solutions engineering at Confluent, leading teams in building Confluent’s Apache Flink cloud service. He was formerly the CEO and founder of Immerok, a leading contributor to Flink that was acquired by Confluent in 2023. Previously, he held leadership roles at Ververica (acquired by Alibaba), T-Systems International, Neo Technology and VMware.