TypeScript isn't just for frontend anymore.
We started migrating our Node.js services to TypeScript.
Pros:
- Catch more issues at compile time
- Improved developer onboarding
- IDE support makes refactoring safer
We used
ts-node-dev
and strict typing mode. Took some effort, but dev confidence is way up.Lesson: Define shared types via
.d.ts
and keep interfaces small and clean.