What's Coming in TypeScript 6/7 | Daniel Rosenwasser | Jake Bailey | Ep 43B

Daniel Rosenwasser and Jake Bailey join the two fools to talk about what's coming soon in TypeScript 6 and 7. What changes should developers expect? What might the new compiler API look like? How is the Go port progressing? We talk about smarter (and stricter) defaults, ES targets, module resolution, and why it's hard to emulate JavaScript floating point semantics in Go.

Chapters

• (00:00) - Introducing Daniel and Jake
• (02:56) - What's Coming in TypeScript 6.0
• (05:31) - TypeScript 6: ES2024 Targeted by Default
• (10:05) - Aside: How the Team Reconciles the Spec in TypeScript 7
• (12:05) - TypeScript 6: Pay Attention to Your Target Config
• (13:49) - TypeScript 6: How Targeting Works with Build Tools
• (15:21) - TypeScript 6: Deprecating ES5 as an Output Target
• (16:26) - Aside: Handling Modern Module Resolution
• (21:25) - TypeScript 6: DOM Typings Are Smarter
• (26:02) - TypeScript 6: No Compiler API Changes
• (27:56) - TypeScript 7: Transitioning to a New Compiler API
• (29:33) - TypeScript 7: You Can Start Using It Now
• (32:33) - TypeScript 7: How Fast Is It, Really?
• (36:54) - TypeScript 7: Collaboration with Golang Community
• (39:35) - Aside: Compiling to WASM?
• (46:12) - TypeScript 7: What Was the Go/No-Go Threshold?
• (47:40) - TypeScript 7: Performance Profiling with pprof
• (51:21) - TypeScript 7: Embedding Into Web Apps
• (57:47) - Future of TypeScript: Compiler API, AI-assisted Coding
• (01:07:10) - Takeaways and Goodbyes

Resources

• TypeScript Homepage
• TypeScript Native Go Port

Where to Follow the Team

• Jake on BlueSky
• Daniel on BlueSky

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Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)