Microsofts TypeScript 4.0 programming language arrives: Its a big milestone
Summary
Microsoft has released TypeScript 4.0, the latest iteration on its hugely popular programming language for building large JavaScript web applications. RedMonk analyst Stephen OGrady reckons TypeScripts popularity is sustainable and was "no fluke" given the ubiquity of JavaScript and its optional safety. Microsoft boasts that on npm, the popular JavaScript package manager, TypeScript for the first time cracked 50 million monthly downloads this July. Daniel Rosenwasser of the TypeScript team explains that the culprit is usually a process called project loading, where multiple dependencies are resolving. "TypeScript 4.0 now does a little extra work in editor scenarios to include a limited number of packages youve listed in your package.jsons dependencies field," notes Rosenwasser.