Content by Amanda Silver (3)

Amanda Silver explains why early C#-to-JavaScript tools like Script# didn’t stick, and how the need to align with the JavaScript runtime and the open web ecosystem helped shape the path toward TypeScript for building web apps at scale.

Amanda Silver shares the origin story behind the “long long integer” name, using VBA data types as the backdrop for how this numeric type ended up with its famously awkward wording.

Amanda Silver explains why Microsoft created TypeScript, focusing on the problems it set out to solve for large JavaScript codebases—adding structure and scalability while keeping compatibility with the existing web ecosystem.