Node.js v23 now supports modules written in TypeScript, without any transpilation. Simple, right?
Not quite. There’s a lot to talk about, a lot that will explore hidden nooks and crannies in TypeScript itself, explore how the Node.js transpilation works, why it’s very fast on the one hand, but has important limitations on the other.
This talk also considers the alternatives - JSDoc Typings, esbuild/swc, and TypeScript itself,
So if you’re thinking of getting rid of your current transpilation-based or ts-node based TypeScript code in Node.js, or are thinking of starting to write TypeScript code in Node.js, this talk is for you.
35 years of experience have not dulled the fascination Gil Tayar has with software development. His passion is distributed systems and figuring out how to scale development to big teams. Extreme modularity and testing are the main tools in his toolbelt, using them to combat the code spaghetti monster as a software architect at companies like Wix, Applitools, and at his current job as software engineer at Microsoft.
In his private life, he is a dad to two lovely kids, an avid reader of Science Fiction, and a passionate film buff. Unfortunately for him, he hasn’t answered the big question of his life—what’s more fun, Frontend or Backend? But he’s working on it.