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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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Juergen Sussner
Juergen Sussner

Juergen Sussner is a former Java developer, J2EE AppServer admin and cloud platform engineer. His current role is technical lead for DATEV’s cloud platform, and he works with a team of experts to architect the platform necessary for DATEV’s future applications, based on CloudFoundry and Kubernetes. The platform is his product and he and his team are responsible for every aspect of it, from technical issues to market research, requirements engineering and marketing. The terms “platform as a product” and “developer productivity” are not only his job, they are his passion. He uses his unique, holistic view on development, operations and leadership to find the best ways to innovate and transform.