Node.js Type Stripping: Simplifying TypeScript Development
2025-01-19
Node.js v23.6.0 introduces a long-awaited experimental feature, Type Stripping, aimed at simplifying TypeScript usage by allowing TypeScript code to run without extra configuration. This feature achieves this by removing type information from TypeScript code, avoiding cumbersome configuration and type checking, and thus increasing development efficiency. While some trade-offs were made for compatibility and performance, such as not supporting some complex TypeScript features, the feature significantly improves the developer experience and paves the way for the popularization of TypeScript in the Node.js ecosystem.
Development
Type Stripping