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TypeScript Briefs

2 briefs— one-minute reads, curated for senior frontend engineers.

TypeScriptJun 10, 202655s read

TypeScript 7.0 Beta Ships, Go Compiler Compiles VS Code in 7.5 Seconds

The Go-native `tsgo` compiler is now in public beta. On the 1.5M-line VS Code codebase: 7.5s vs 77.8s for the JS compiler. Language service startup drops from 9.6s to 1.2s. Memory use cut roughly in half.

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TypeScriptMay 30, 202665s read

TypeScript 7.0 Beta Ships Go-Native Compiler, 10x Faster Than 6.0

Microsoft shipped the TypeScript 7.0 beta with a ground-up Go rewrite. The new native compiler is roughly 10x faster and uses shared-memory multi-threading. Here's what changes for your toolchain and how to prepare for the 6.0 → 7.0 jump.

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