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Reputation: 1148

Should I transpile my TypeScript application?

I recently started building a small project with TypeScript. It is a small application that runs some workflows based on received Webhook calls. This means that it exposes an Express app to handle these requests.

Currently I have an npm script that builds this project and transpiles it into JavaScript which can be then interpreted by Node.js. (The script runs: tsc --build --clean)

My question is, since this is not meant to be a library/package that will be published on NPM, is there any reason to transpile the project at all since I can just run it with ts-node?

I've been looking around for some information regarding this but couldn't find anything.

Are there any security, performance or any other implications when running the project directly with ts-node in a production environment instead of building it and running it with node?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 595

Answers (1)

Wallace Nascimento
Wallace Nascimento

Reputation: 161

It depends on the size of your project. Most people transpile because it improves performance, consumes less system resources and provides more stability.

But in a small project this won't make much difference, so using ts-node may be sufficient.

Upvotes: 1

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