--- title: A Proposal For Type Syntax in JavaScript | daily.dev description: A proposal to bring optional and erasable type syntax to JavaScript. Because this new syntax wouldn’t change how surrounding code runs, it would effectively... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-proposal-for-type-syntax-in-javascript-wcyhqimxa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A Proposal For Type Syntax in JavaScript | daily.dev og:description: A proposal to bring optional and erasable type syntax to JavaScript. Because this new syntax wouldn’t change how surrounding code runs, it would effectively... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-proposal-for-type-syntax-in-javascript-wcyhqimxa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/wCYHQiMxA.png og:image:alt: A Proposal For Type Syntax in JavaScript og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A Proposal For Type Syntax in JavaScript **[DevBlogs](https://daily.dev/sources/devblogs)** · 6 min read · 104 upvotes · 6 comments ## Summary A proposal to bring optional and erasable type syntax to JavaScript. Because this new syntax wouldn’t change how surrounding code runs, it would effectively act as comments. We think this has the potential to make TypeScript easier and faster to use for development at every scale. We’re hoping to bring it forward in a proposal to TC39. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@crosche** · 3 upvotes > I was just wondering today about why this isn't already a thing. **@kkurko** · 1 upvotes > The idea is great, but it will take a lot of time for developers start using this - we already have a huge gap in functionality between JS and TS and we can take a look at OOP example, this direction in developing in JS (latest standard features), but it cannot be compared to what we have in TS right now - I think we will have the same situation with types. > > But we need something to start from, so let's see what comes of it **@ghalib\_ansari\_** · 0 upvotes > noice **@raulmarindev** · 0 upvotes > Sooner or later something like this will happen. It's probably going to take a few years though. I'm looking forward to it 🚀 **@hellokevinvogel** · 0 upvotes > https://betterprogramming.pub/how-microsoft-wants-to-destroy-typescript-1f1a53b18de6 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-proposal-for-type-syntax-in-javascript-wcyhqimxa) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"A Proposal For Type Syntax in JavaScript","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-proposal-for-type-syntax-in-javascript-wcyhqimxa","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-proposal-for-type-syntax-in-javascript-wcyhqimxa"},"datePublished":"2022-03-09T18:52:11.149Z","dateModified":"2022-03-09T18:52:11.149Z","description":"A proposal to bring optional and erasable type syntax to JavaScript. 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It’s probably going to take a few years though. I’m looking forward to it 🚀","datePublished":"2022-03-12T11:25:50.783Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/wCYHQiMxA#c-R8_k8wkdI","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Raúl Marín","url":"https://daily.dev/raulmarindev","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--LOBtNjbr--/f_auto,q_auto/v1704035607/avatars/avatar_24f3bf992b6e46c188b91e9cf4b7cd01"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"https://betterprogramming.pub/how-microsoft-wants-to-destroy-typescript-1f1a53b18de6","datePublished":"2022-03-29T14:58:39.816Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/wCYHQiMxA#c-bUTlmqUsF","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin Vo","url":"https://daily.dev/hellokevinvogel","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14Gg9gSOOVmoyD4VAJ86yLN0rCAM846m7_7imAtp5=s100"}}]} ```