TypeScript.fm - The Friendly Show for TypeScript Developers

The Internet blows up as TypeScript reaches its next Pokemon evolution, and Kamran and Erik scramble to create an episode to pick up the pieces and make sense of it. In other news, TikTok announces Lynx, Angular gets some fetch upgrades, and Josh Goldberg releases v2 of create-typescript-app. Week of March 3, 2025 ( 07:09 ) - Big News: TypeScript Is Getting 10X Faster ( 07:48 ) - Big-ish News: Lyn...

This week Kamran dives into some nuances with using React with TypeScript while Erik plays the React fool and coins the word "schbooleans" (yep). In the news, erasableSyntaxOnly gets shipped, some new minor releases in the ecosystem, and oh, TypeScript types can run DOOM. Yes, TS is a real language now. Erik's News Personal Blog Post: The Best Worst Year   Happy New Year Excalibur!   Excalibur 202...

This week Kamran and Erik discuss when ORMs are helpful... or hurtful. They cover trade-offs, the spectrum of abstraction, the value of escape hatches, and the options available to you in the TypeScript ecosystem. Week of February 17, 2025 ( 05:54 ) - News: Ember 6.2 Released ( 07:16 ) - News: Deno 2.2 Released npm-check-updates package Package JSON Upgrade VS Code extension https://github.com/vuk...

This week Kamran and Erik unpack JSR, the new open alternative to the npm registry from the folks at Deno. They both published packages and discuss what JSR offers npm doesn't, when to use it, and how it works for both consumers and maintainers. (00:00) - The Sheer Joy of Publishing to JSR | Ep 6 (05:40) - News: TypeScript 5.8 RC (07:45) - News: JSR Open Governance Board (08:59) - News: ESLint Plu...

This week Kamran and Erik try to dissect the complex landscape of JavaScript and TypeScript compilers, transpilers, interpreters, engines, and runtimes (oh my!). What are the tools, what are they used for, why is the world so complicated, and what should you care about as a TS developer? (04:55) - This Week in TypeScript: Node.js Corepack Issue Affects Users (06:16) - This Week in TypeScript: Vite...

This week Erik and Kamran talk about Vite (Vight? Veet?), what it's good for, how it works, and its status as the "go-to" tool for frontend tooling. (04:21) - This Week in TypeScript: TS 5.8 Beta (11:02) - This Week in TypeScript: Ruck 9 Released (12:39) - This Week in TypeScript: Type Stripping in the Browser (14:45) - Community Highlight: Deno and Qwik Video (15:52) - Community Highlight: Zig, T...

This week Erik and Kamran make poor dad jokes, talk about Deno, and tour its ecosystem. If you're new to Deno, this will be a great introduction! (00:00) - We Don't Talk About Deno-no-no-no | Ep 3 (06:54) - This Week in TypeScript: Bun 1.2 Released (10:54) - This Week in TypeScript: 5.8's ErasableSyntaxOnly Flag (14:57) - This Week in TypeScript: Tailwind 4 Released (16:26) - This Week in TypeScri...

In this episode, Kamran and Erik discuss the newly released TypeScript support with Node 23.6 and its implications. What's supported? What's not supported? And how does it differ from Bun or Deno? (00:00) - Ep 2 - Node 23 Gets TypeScript Support (00:05) - Introduction (04:04) - TypeScript News and Announcements (10:27) - A Closer Look at Type Stripping for Node 23 (22:56) - Differences Between Nod...

In the inaugural episode of TypeScript.fm, the two fools introduce themselves, share their "origin stories," and share plans for the podcast. Briefly covered in the news: Vite 6, Deno 2's expansion of the ecosystem, Node 23's new TypeScript support, and the latest Excalibur.js 0.30.0 release. (00:00) - Ep 1 - Two TypeScript Fools, One Podcast (00:12) - Introduction (21:31) - News Segment (29:38) -...