TypeScript

Ten Years of TypeScript

October 1, 2022 Oct 1, 2022 10/1/22

Daniel Rosenwasser

Today is TypeScript's birthday! But this birthday is a special one - 10 years ago today, on October 1st, 2012, TypeScript was unveiled publicly for the first time. The Early Days When TypeScript first debuted, there was a lot of skepticism - and understandably so. To some JavaScript users, a team trying to bring static types to JavaScript ...

Announcing TypeScript 4.9 Beta

September 23, 2022 Sep 23, 2022 09/23/22

Daniel Rosenwasser

Today we're announcing our beta release of TypeScript 4.9! To get started using the beta, you can get it through NuGet, or- use npm with the following command: You can also get editor support by Here's a quick list of what's new in TypeScript 4.9! The satisfies Operator TypeScript developers are often faced with a...

Announcing TypeScript 4.8

August 25, 2022 Aug 25, 2022 08/25/22

Daniel Rosenwasser

Today we're excited to announce the release of TypeScript 4.8! If you're not yet familiar with TypeScript, it's a language that builds on JavaScript and adds syntax for types. These types let you put your expectations and assumptions into your code, and those assumptions can then be checked by the TypeScript type-checker. This checking can ...

Announcing TypeScript 4.8 RC

August 11, 2022 Aug 11, 2022 08/11/22

Daniel Rosenwasser

Today we're excited to announce our Release Candidate (RC) of TypeScript 4.8. Between now and the stable release of TypeScript 4.8, we expect no further changes apart from critical bug fixes. To get started using the RC, you can get it through NuGet, or use npm with the following command: You can also get editor support by Here's...

Announcing TypeScript 4.8 Beta

June 21, 2022 Jun 21, 2022 06/21/22

Daniel Rosenwasser

Today we're announcing our beta release of TypeScript 4.8! To get started using the beta, you can get it through NuGet, or- use npm with the following command: You can also get editor support by Here's a quick list of what's new in TypeScript 4.8! Improved Intersection Reduction, Union Compatibility, and ...

Announcing TypeScript 4.7

May 24, 2022 May 24, 2022 05/24/22

Daniel Rosenwasser

Today we're excited to announce the availability of TypeScript 4.7! If you're not yet familiar with TypeScript, it's a language that builds on JavaScript and adds syntax for types. Types help describe what kinds of values you're working with and what kinds of functions you're calling. TypeScript can use this information to help you avoid ...

Announcing TypeScript 4.7 RC

May 11, 2022 May 11, 2022 05/11/22

Daniel Rosenwasser

Today we're excited to announce our Release Candidate (RC) of TypeScript 4.7! Between now and the stable release of TypeScript 4.7, we expect no further changes apart from critical bug fixes. To get started using the RC, you can get it through NuGet, or use npm with the following command: You can also get editor support by Here's...

Announcing TypeScript 4.7 Beta

April 8, 2022 Apr 8, 2022 04/8/22

Daniel Rosenwasser

Today we are excited to announce the beta release of TypeScript 4.7! To get started using the beta, you can use npm with the following command: You can also get editor support by Here's a quick list of what's new in TypeScript 4.7! ECMAScript Module Support in Node.js For the last few years, Node....

A Proposal For Type Syntax in JavaScript

March 9, 2022 Mar 9, 2022 03/9/22

Daniel Rosenwasser

Today we're excited to announce our support and collaboration on a new Stage 0 proposal to bring optional and erasable type syntax to JavaScript. Because this new syntax wouldn't change how surrounding code runs, it would effectively act as comments. We think this has the potential to make TypeScript easier and faster to use for ...

Announcing TypeScript 4.6

February 28, 2022 Feb 28, 2022 02/28/22

Daniel Rosenwasser

Today we're announcing the availability of TypeScript 4.6. If you're not yet familiar with TypeScript, it's a language that builds on JavaScript and adds syntax for types. Types help describe what kinds of values you're working with and what kinds of functions you're calling. TypeScript can use this information to help you avoid about ...