TypeScript.fm - The Friendly Show for TypeScript Developers TS-a-Go-Go | Ep 9
Mar 17, 2025
TypeScript gets a major upgrade, now ten times faster! Meanwhile, the buzz around Lynx, a potential React Native rival, heats up. Angular 19.2 drops new features, while community contributions shine with libraries like traits-ts that add multi-inheritance. The podcast explores the exciting transition of TypeScript's compiler to Go and why that's a game-changer. There’s also talk of navigating TypeScript's implementation challenges and fun innovations in testing frameworks and development tools.
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Excalibur Updates
- Eric Onerheim successfully completed most of his promised Excalibur tasks and started using Habitica.
- A contributor migrated Excalibur unit tests to V-Test, significantly improving the project.
RSPack Performance
- Kamran Ayub switched his Webpack build to RSPack, achieving a 10x speed improvement.
- Enabling transpile-only mode with a separate type checker process contributed to the performance boost.
Strategic Porting
- The TypeScript port to Go is driven by strategic decisions, not technical superiority.
- Constraints like existing architecture and backwards compatibility guided the choice.