alt Hacker NewsIn theory, typescript doesn't need to be transpiled, you can run ts files using `node --experimental-strip-types file.ts` as long as you don't use any code that needs transpilation (like typescript enums).
Still need tsx to do type checking
In theory, typescript doesn't need to be transpiled, you can run ts files using `node --experimental-strip-types file.ts` as long as you don't use any code that needs transpilation (like typescript enums).
Still need tsx to do type checking
No, because of ESM import resolution rules. Typescript suggests extensionless imports, making it incompartible with ESM and therefore Node. Luckly, `node --import=tsx file.ts` handles imports well.
This is especially hairy when making a typescript library that is distributed non-compiled (without dist/) and is supposed to run in both browser and Node.
https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/46006
https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/16577