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James E. King III commented on THRIFT-4806:
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Simplification is good, and people have past releases to stay compatible with
their code... I say go for it.
> Convert NodeJS Library to typescript
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> Key: THRIFT-4806
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-4806
> Project: Thrift
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Node.js - Library, TypeScript - Library
> Reporter: Brian Forbis
> Priority: Major
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> I'd like us to consider migrating the NodeJS library to typescript. I feel
> this would simplify the existing libraries and build system. The typescript
> library would just need to be compiled down to javascript as part of the
> build system.
> This will:
> * Introduce compile time type checks to help catch bugs
> * Provide better type documentation for consumers of the library
> * Include better typescript tests in the build
> * Allow us to merge the nodets and nodejs lib folders
> * Synchronize the javascript codebase with the type definitions (currently,
> there is an external project at DefinitelyTyped to provide typescript types
> for the nodejs lib)
>
> If the maintainers think this is a good idea, I'd be happy to take a stab at
> it.
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