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Node.js 'Type Stripping' for TypeScript Now Enabled by Default
The JavaScript runtime Node.js can execute TypeScript (Microsoft's JavaScript-derived language with static typing). But now it can do it even better, explains Marco Ippolito of the Node.js steering committee: In August 2024 Node.js introduced a new experimental feature, Type Stripping, aimed at ad...
The JavaScript runtime Node.js can execute TypeScript (Microsoft's JavaScript-derived language with static typing).TypeScript has reached incredible levels of popularity and has been the most requested feature in all the latest Node.js surveys. Unlike other alternatives such as CoffeeScript or Flow, which never gained similar traction, TypeScript has become a cornerstone of modern development. This lack of a specification means that the behavior of tsc is effectively the definition of TypeScript's type system.
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