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Typescript is a superset of JS.

"TypeScript is a Subset of JavaScript

I can't impress this one enough. Technically it is a superset from a feature support perspective. However, people use it so they have compile-time type checking so once that becomes a requirement for you there are just things you can't do with TypeScript."

[The Trouble with TypeScript]

I came to that same conclusion before the article was published.

They take the usual "watch and compile" Step away. Its just another step in the evolution of Code.

It confuses design time and runtime; yet another concession to developer convenience (by developers nonetheless).

If you want to use bytecode in the Browser, take a look at WebAssembly.