--- title: Figma’s journey to TypeScript | daily.dev description: Figma migrated its custom programming language, Skew, to TypeScript to improve integration, developer experience, and onboarding. The migration was gradual and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/figma-s-journey-to-typescript-nv95rppiy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Figma’s journey to TypeScript | daily.dev og:description: Figma migrated its custom programming language, Skew, to TypeScript to improve integration, developer experience, and onboarding. The migration was gradual and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/figma-s-journey-to-typescript-nv95rppiy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NV95RPpIY.png og:image:alt: Figma’s journey to TypeScript 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. # Figma’s journey to TypeScript **[Figma](https://daily.dev/sources/figma)** · 13 min read · 14 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Figma migrated its custom programming language, Skew, to TypeScript to improve integration, developer experience, and onboarding. The migration was gradual and involved building a transpiler, addressing performance issues, and handling conditional compilation. The process allowed Figma to modernize its codebase and explore future possibilities. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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