TypeScript 6 Beta Released: Transitioning to TypeScript 7
TypeScript 6 Beta: The “Cleaning‑Up‑After‑Yourself” Release That Sets the Stage for a Go‑Powered TS 7 When the TypeScript team announced the 6.0 beta a few weeks ago, the headlines were… well, there weren’t many. No “Revolutionary New Type System!” or “TypeScript Finally Becomes Faster Than JavaScript!” Just a calm, matter‑of‑fact note that this isn’t a feature‑fest but a transition release. If you’ve ever watched a house‑renovation show, you know the part where the crew pulls out the old drywall, shimmies the new framing into place, and then steps back to let the paint dry. That’s what TypeScript 6 feels like: the team is tearing down some of the cruft that has accumulated over the past decade, tightening the wiring to match the latest ECMAScript standards, and quietly laying the groundwork for a full‑blown rewrite of the compiler in Go for the upcoming 7.0. ...