A 10x Faster TypeScript with Anders Hejlsberg | BRK116

To address ever increasing scaling demands, the TypeScript team has embarked on a port of the TypeScript compiler to native code. This port brings a 10x speed-up in compile time, project load, and other operations on most codebases! Our talk will cover the journey of how our team committed to a native port, why we chose Go, how the port will improve your workflow, and what the path to completion looks like.

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀:
Anders Hejlsberg


𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
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BRK116 | English (US) | Developer Tools & .NET


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Chapters:
0:00 - TypeScript's Popularity and Usage Statistics
00:10:42 - Progress Update on TypeScript's Native Transition
00:11:59 - Future Goals and API Prototyping for TypeScript
00:41:19 - Compiler Functionality Overview
00:50:28 - Transition to TypeScript 7 and Future Direction