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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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Ian Bain
Ian Bain

Ian Bain is vice president of corporate marketing at EDB. As a big-picture thinker who loves strategy discussions, Ian is adept at translating technical concepts into easy-to-understand business messages. He's done everything from teaching cyber safety to kids to briefing world leaders on cybersecurity. He's returned to his database roots, helping evangelize the power of Postgres.