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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
Scott Fanning
Scott Fanning

Scott Fanning is senior director of product management for the Cloud Security Product Group at CrowdStrike. Scott has spent 25 years in the security/routing and cloud domains helping customers keep adversaries at bay. Scott is most proud of his service working with the SIGINT community in the Canadian Armed Forces for nine years.