TypeScript 6.0 Release Candidate Announced - Final Release on Current JavaScript Codebase
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Summary
Microsoft announces the Release Candidate of TypeScript 6.0, which is notable as the last release based on the current JavaScript codebase. The team is transitioning to a new Go-based codebase for improved performance through native code and shared-memory multi-threading. The article provides installation instructions, details about the release, and discusses the future direction of TypeScript development.
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TypeScript 6.0 is a unique release in that we intend for it to be the last release based on the current JavaScript codebase.
we are working on a new codebase for the TypeScript compiler and language service written in Go that takes advantage of the speed of native code and shared-memory multi-threading.
Today we are excited to announce the Release Candidate (RC) of TypeScript 6.0! To get started using the RC, you can get it through npm with the following command: npm install -D typescript@rc TypeScript 6.0 is a unique release in that we intend for it to
