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TypeScript

Statically typed superset of JavaScript

typescriptlang.org

Company type: Private company
Number of employees: 1–10

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Latest news about TypeScript

In short: TypeScript overhauled its ecosystem with the release of version 6.0 and a 10x faster version 7.0 beta rewritten in Go to boost performance.

Company announcements

April 21 TypeScript

TypeScript announces 7.0 Beta release

The beta, rewritten in Go, offers 10x faster performance with identical type-checking semantics. Install via npm and try in VS Code. Stable release planned soon.

March 23 TypeScript

TypeScript announces 6.0 release

Introduces new features like less context-sensitivity on this-less functions, subpath imports, new compiler flags, Temporal types, breaking changes, and deprecations preparing for TypeScript 7.0.

March 6 TypeScript

TypeScript announces 6.0 RC

Introduces new features like less context-sensitivity on this-less functions, subpath imports starting with #/, and prepares for TypeScript 7.0 with deprecations and breaking changes. Install via npm install -D typescript@rc.

February 11 TypeScript

TypeScript announces 6.0 beta release

Introduces less context-sensitivity on this-less functions, subpath imports with #/, new flags, DOM lib updates, and numerous deprecations preparing for TypeScript 7.0.

Media coverage

May 12 Visual Studio Magazine

What's New in TypeScript 5.5, Now Generally Available

Microsoft shipped the latest iteration of its type-infused superset of JavaScript, TypeScript 5.5, introducing inferred type predicates, control flow narrowing, JSDoc @import and other enhancements...

May 5 MSN

A radical rewrite - Microsoft takes drastic action on TypeScript

Microsoft has launched a significant overhaul of the TypeScript codebase, signaling one of the most substantial internal ...

April 30 Neowin

Microsoft enables TypeScript 7 Beta by default in Visual Studio 18.6 Insiders 3

TypeScript 7 Beta is here, bringing native execution speed and shared-memory parallelism to Visual Studio. Experience a 10x speed boost and snappier IntelliSense today.

April 20 heise online

TypeScript 7.0 Beta: New Go Backend Accelerates Programming Language

The new version of the programming language with a Go backend is said to be ten times faster than its predecessor, which used the JavaScript...

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