Microsoft shipped the latest iteration of its type-infused superset of JavaScript, TypeScript 5.5, introducing inferred type predicates, control flow narrowing, JSDoc @import and other enhancements.
TypeScript is a variant of JavaScript that provides strong type information, a powerful development tool that minimizes bugs and makes JavaScript programs easier to build in enterprise settings.
TypeScript, Microsoft’s strongly typed JavaScript variant, has become the most-used language on GitHub, according to GitHub’s Octoverse 2025 report released on October 28. August 2025 marked the first ...
Microsoft officially announced TypeScript 7.0 Beta on April 21, 2026. The company says TypeScript 7.0 is often 10 times faster than 6.0. The beta ships through ...