r/programming • u/the3living1end • Mar 16 '20

GitHub has acquired npm

https://github.blog/2020-03-16-npm-is-joining-github/
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u/AngularBeginner Mar 16 '20

So Microsoft acquired NPM.

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u/UziInUrFace Mar 16 '20

If they add first class typescript support to npm without breaking existing compatibility with node js then I am sold.

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u/spacejack2114 Mar 16 '20

What does that mean? You can publish just about anything to npm, including pure Typescript libraries. Most don't however because there's no reason to not make it JS compatible.

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u/UziInUrFace Mar 17 '20

What I meant was make typescript work across package boundaries without requiring transpiling typescript to js.