Last week Microsoft announced a major shift in the architectural direction of its TypeScript language. Until now the TypeScript compiler, tsc, was written in TypeScript itself, compiled to JavaScript, ...

The popular open source Babel compiler that makes modern JavaScript compatible with older environments has shipped in version 7 and, with help from Microsoft, now supports TypeScript. Babel, a ...

TypeScript was once born out of necessity to compensate for JavaScript's greatest weaknesses. For years now, it has been an almost indispensable tool in web development, always slightly ahead of ...

TypeScript is a language that incorporates types into JavaScript and is developed and maintained by Microsoft. On March 11, 2025, Microsoft announced that they are developing a new tool that will ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Dany Lepage discusses the architectural ...

The world wide web basically runs on JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Unfortunately, JavaScript lacks several features that would help developers use it for large-scale applications. Enter TypeScript.

作为 JavaScript 的一个超集，TypeScript 在微软内部沉淀两年后，带着弥补 JavaScript 在开发大型应用中遇到的种种问题的使命，于 2012 年 10 月正式面世。 然而，近几年来，曾经如日中天的 TypeScript，接连受挫，遭到各个社区与应用的摒弃。前有 Svelte 创建者 Rich Harris ...

For all JavaScript’s prominence as the lingua franca of Web development, there are an awful lot of developers who don’t like it a whole lot, and as a result, a great many efforts to produce something ...

There are lots of enhancements waiting for you in TypeScript 1.8, including features that make it easier to move your project to TypeScript, that protect you from errors and that give you even better ...