« It was one of the latest weeks big news : TypeScript is migrating to Go. But why, why not staying as it is, why not switching to C#, Rust, or another language ? Here Anders Hejlsberg, one of the co-creator of TypeScript explains almost everything. One figure struck me, if I understood well, speaking of why alternatives to TypeScript compiler struggled to attain critical mass : "we have about one hundred man year invested in TypeScript". Anyway, let's hope they will find a migration path smoother than other languages, as TypeScript 6 (JS) and TypeScript 7 (native, written in Go) may well live a long time alongside one another. »

« TypeScript entire purpose is often defeated because of the 'any' type. This post explains where 'any' could come from (e.g dependencies) and how typescript-eslint could be used to achieve better type safety. Performance during linting (pre-commit, CI, IDE usage) is also briefly discussed, with an example of 1.5 million lines of TypeScript code. »

« This HackerNoon's post discuss the motivation behind migrating away from an ORM to get closer to SQL and the database. An excellent reminder that an ORM is just a tool that comes with costs and benefits. »

« Next.js is a popular framework built on top of React. Coming from React, or simply the "frontend" world, where everything runs on the browsers could feel a bit confusing. In Next there are different ways like CSR (Client Side Rendering - everything runs on the browser), SSR (Server Side Rendering), Static Site Generation (SSG), ISR (Incremental Static Regeneration). This article explains all of them. »

« Early in 2023 the Svelte library was "ditching" TypeScript for JavaScript and JSDoc. This article gives some ideas about how strong typing can be achieved with JavaScript, JSDoc and VSCode (and ... TypeScript types :D). For those who are less familiar with TypeScript, (and are not afraid of stumbling people animated gifs) this article covers a lot too. »

« TypeScript 5.0 is now available, with some changes as: standard decorator support (it was experimental before), const parameters, real union enums ... »

« Insights from data on O'Reilly's learning platform, some quotes that may be of interest:

• "We start with an explosion of fantastic achievements that seem like science fiction—imagine, GPT-3 can write stories!"
• "We know that C++ dominates game programming, but we suspect that it’s also coming to dominate embedded systems, which is really just a more formal way to say “internet of things.” We also suspect (but don’t know) that C++ is becoming more widely used to develop microservices."

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« Ryan Dahl talks about programming languages, IDEs, frameworks and much more about software engineering. »

« Deno is a runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript, started by the creator of Node (Ryan Dahl) around 2018. Its stable release is a bit more than one year old. This article gives a bit more detail than the official documentation about the differences between Node and Deno. »

« Choosing a language is an architectural choice critical for many things: safety, libraries support, recruitment, ... There is no right or wrong, only choices. Once chosen, it is nice to estimate the balance between benefits and costs. Eric Elliott shares one of hist experience on the matter. »

« create-react-app est un moyen simple de débuter un projet d'UI web en javascript basé sur React. Jusqu'ici, les utilisateurs de TypeScript pouvaient se tourner vers un fork. Signe de l'importance grandissante de TypeScript, depuis la version 2.1.0, create-react-app prend directement en charge ce langage. Ce post de blog indique comment migrer du fork vers la version principale, apparemment sans trop de douleur. »