TypeScript 7 Brings 10x Speed Boost With Go Under The Hood
Microsoft's TypeScript project moves from JavaScript to Go, promising a 10x speed boost in some tests & faster project launches with VS Code. Go was chosen for its compatibility & ergonomic graph processing capabilities.
Hello everyone! Today, before our eyes, a truly significant event for web development in general is taking place. Just a couple of days ago, a project from Microsoft for the TypeScript language was put into the public space. And this is really important! 👀 What's new? First of all, the original TypeScript compiler under the hood is moving in the new version 7 from JavaScript to Go. That is, there will be conditionally TypeScript 6 (JS) and TypeScript 7 (Go). This was done mainly because of the scaling problem when used in very large projects, but also, of course, because of the spee...