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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
Keri Barnett-Howell
Keri Barnett-Howell

Keri Barnett-Howell is the director of Talent Development at Mission Cloud where she leads employee growth initiatives and strategies to help every Mission team member achieve their professional goals. She has created training and development programs for all career levels, with a particular focus on early career and career transitions. Keri learned how to teach as an English instructor in Peace Corps China, after which she achieved a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She worked in several different health care organizations to build efficiencies through training before landing in the field of cloud engineering. Keri loves working with students and has been a volunteer ESL, reading and civics tutor for many years.