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Sarah Gooding
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535
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English
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Node.js is progressing towards stable TypeScript support with the release of Amaro 1.0, an official type-stripping loader that transitions TypeScript support from experimental to stable. Amaro focuses on removing type annotations during transpilation, enabling TypeScript to run in JavaScript environments, and is built on SWC, a Rust-based platform. The release has garnered excitement, addressing long-standing developer requests for robust TypeScript integration within Node.js, and improves the handling of TypeScript files within `node_modules`, a limitation in current experimental support. While the move to stable support is promising, discussions about broader adoption, backporting to Node v22 for environments like AWS Lambda, and disabling experimental warnings are ongoing. The Node.js project is committed to enhancing the development experience by integrating TypeScript fully, aiming to provide a seamless and reliable feature for developers.

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