TypeScript 7 is dropping a new compiler written in Go. It's 10 times as fast as the current compiler, but there's a catch: it won’t support extension APIs at launch.
Instead of waiting around, WebStorm is building an open-source fork to serve as a day-one bridge for Angular, Vue, and React.
Here is the real plan – no PR, just the engineering reality.
TypeScript Go is coming.
@typescript 7.0 ships with a Go-based compiler.
10x faster.
No extension APIs at launch.
Here's what
@WebStormIDE is doing about it, the real plan, not the PR version.
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