Node.js is able to execute TypeScript files without additional configuration

Post by pjmlp » Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 10:03 AM UTC

thrown-0825 wrote: post #55

madeofpalk wrote: post #50

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This. It's 2025 and the node ecosystem is finally usable by default! ESM modules just work with both Node and Typescript, Node can run .ts files, and there's the a good enough test runner built in. --watch. The better built in packages - `node:fs/promises` - are nice with top-level await for easier async loops. It took a while to convince everyone involved to just be pragmatic, but it's nice now.

does it have a go fmt / lint command yet?

Post by pjmlp » Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 10:06 AM UTC

EGreg wrote: post #36

Great, it does type stripping by replacing TypeScript with whitespace. Can it also now load ES5 modules? That way we can use them for everything.

Post by avinashbot » Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 10:08 AM UTC

xPaw wrote: post #58

I wish browsers also supported directly running typescript files.

Post by Sammi » Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 10:11 AM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #63

sisve wrote: post #4

Impressed with what Node is doing the last years, deno and bun has really made Node focus and improve. It was stuck for a while

Have them though? On the projects I am involved, they could even not exist, only node LTS releases matter, and the most recent projects are still node 20.

Post by thrown-0825 » Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 10:13 AM UTC

Sammi wrote: post #65

thrown-0825 wrote: post #55

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does it have a go fmt / lint command yet?

npx prettier