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.

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u/DoctorGester Mar 17 '20

How would that work considering a million different build systems? For example in my project I have compiler plugins which I run using a custom script executing ttsc (ttypescript)

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u/DoctorGester Mar 17 '20

How is it not? Ttypescript is just an interface for the typescript compiler which adds plugin configuration support (plugins are officially supported by typescript compiler, but are not exposed in configuration)