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🗓️ 20 January 2025
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Scott and Wes explore the experimental world of running TypeScript in Node, breaking down the differences between type stripping and compiling. They cover the pros, cons, and quirks of the current implementation, plus explore tools like tsx, ts-node, and even alternatives like Deno.
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0:00.0 | Welcome to syntax on this Monday, hasty treat. |
0:05.0 | We're going to be talking about Node and TypeScript, or should I say TypeScript in Node. |
0:11.4 | How can you use TypeScript with Node or the various ways? |
0:15.2 | It's the new stuff. |
0:16.6 | Yeah. |
0:17.1 | There's a lot here. |
0:18.3 | So my name is Scott Tolensky. |
0:20.0 | I'm a developer from Denver. With me as |
0:22.0 | always is West Boss. What's up? Hey, excited about TypeScript being much easier in Node Now. |
0:28.5 | So we're going to explain sort of what that means and what the downsides and upsides are to this, |
0:35.1 | as well as a bunch of other tools. and we'll, of course, talk about |
0:37.6 | Dino and Bun as well. |
0:39.5 | The implications, if you will. |
0:41.4 | Yes. |
0:41.7 | The implications, though, of you writing code are that it's going to break. |
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1:11.0 | tasty treat and make better stuff. I mean, that's really the end-all be-all of it, |
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