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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
Madhukar Kumar
Madhukar Kumar

Madhukar Kumar is chief marketing officer at SingleStore. He has been a journalist, database developer, product manager, product marketer and developer advocate at companies including Oracle, Redis and Nutanix. For the past few years, Madhukar has also been a guest lecturer at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, teaching about product-led growth (PLG) and new product development. He has also been writing in technology journals and speaking at industry events on topics related to databases, PLG and modern customer experience.