Node.js v23.6.0 is out! 🥳🎉 This release enables the flag --experimental-strip-types by default. Node.js will be able to execute TypeScript files without additional configuration! ⚠️ This feature is experimental, has limitations and is subject to change. nodejs.org/en/blog/rele... - ThreadSky

satanacchio.bsky.social • 47 days ago

Node.js v23.6.0 is out! 🥳🎉

This release enables the flag --experimental-strip-types by default.

Node.js will be able to execute TypeScript files without additional configuration!

⚠️ This feature is experimental, has limitations and is subject to change.

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v23.6.0

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wojtekmaj.pl•47 days ago

What a time to be alive!

creationix.blue•47 days ago

I hope this encourages browsers to enable this as well!

alexnault.dev•47 days ago

What's the benefit of shipping types to the browser?

creationix.blue•47 days ago

Build free workflows with better type annotations. Typescript syntax is easier than jsdoc.

Not all sites need optimized builds

veikkoeeva.bsky.social•46 days ago

Has there ever been real talk to do this? I'm a casual web developer so I don't really know, hence chiming into this discussion.

I ask partially since I'm somewhere in @infrequently.org spectrum of development and want just HTML, CSS, import maps and if needed, some code. + Easy setup for that.

creationix.blue•46 days ago

Exactly, not everyone needs optimized bundles. I hate the talk that says you need to use build tools anyway (bundle + minify) for "real" sites, so you might as well use a typescript compiler as well.

veikkoeeva.bsky.social•46 days ago

I see import maps like linkers & loaders in C++, .NET/C# and so on. Makes life easy to start with. With modules a solid setup. There's plenty of time then to add the rest of the stuff to process CSS and JS/TS. It's the toolchain & debugging I struggle with. Now also looking into perf testing.

creationix.blue•46 days ago

I've not had a single case where a personal site needed a bundle or minify step ever since modules became native to browsers.

But I do enjoy type annotations and so I use jsdoc, but would prefer the cleaner and terser typescript syntax.

timberjustinlake.bsky.social•46 days ago

Would love to be able to just cut and paste TS snippets to the console for quickly testing a piece of logic

psenak.sk•47 days ago

I dont use typescript but YAY FINALLY

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