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Moving to Typescript may be unnecessary, but starting a brand new codebase in 2025 and using JavaScript instead of Typescript is a hard one to defend. The fact
by danpalmer 1y ago
Moving to Typescript may be unnecessary, but starting a brand new codebase in 2025 and using JavaScript instead of Typescript is a hard one to defend. The fact that Node.js doesn't support it out of the box, let alone encourage it as the default, is much of the reason why the community is constantly clamouring for something better.
- curtisblaine 1y agoNode.js supports typescript out of the box by stripping types since node 22 (current LTS is 24, iirc) https://nodejs.org/en/learn/typescript/run-natively https://nodejs.org/en/learn/typescript/run-natively
- andrewmcwatters 1y agoIt’s pretty easy, its not necessary.