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Adds static typing to JavaScript to improve developer productivity and code quality.

64 mentions on Hacker News by 55 people: 6 stories, 58 comments · first 2014-11-18 · latest 2026-06-07

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  1. …good start, but it doesn't seem really useful if they aren't even in the basic API's descriptions: https://github.com/facebook/flow/blob/master/lib/dom.js#L198
    comment by the_gipsy · 2015-03-07 · in Angular 2: Built on TypeScript
  2. …instead ? Looks appealing because companies like Facebook are using it create tools like Flow ( https://github.com/facebook/flow ).
    comment by laex · 2015-02-19 · in Learn You a Haskell for Great Good (2008)
  3. …That's why I'm hopeful for Flow, Facebook's new project to add static typing to Javascript: https://github.com/facebook/flow
    comment by jnbiche · 2015-01-28 · in React v0.13.0 Beta 1
  4. …on me, but it does feel more accessible than other FP languages. It almost has a Python feel. [0] https://github.com/facebook/flow/blob/master/hack/parsing/fo...
    comment by glifchits · 2014-11-24 · in OCaml Briefly
  5. EDIT: looks like it supports type annotations similar to closure compiler's (in docs) https://github.com/facebook/flow/blob/master/tests/docblock/... Try running an annotated file in the browser - it's simply not valid ECMAScript syntax…
    comment by inglor · 2014-11-18 · in Facebook Launches Flow, Static Type Checker for JavaScript
  6. >...but has no support for modules yet I see some mentions of import in the tests and the grammar: https://github.com/facebook/flow/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=imp...
    comment by Arnavion · 2014-11-18 · in Facebook Launches Flow, Static Type Checker for JavaScript
  7. …comments like other tools do - there is a GH issue on that and it looks like it should be possible https://github.com/facebook/flow/blob/master/src/typing/comm...
    comment by inglor · 2014-11-18 · in Facebook Launches Flow, Static Type Checker for JavaScript
  8. …more about Flow check out the docs [1] and github repo [2]. [1] - http://flowtype.org/ [2] - https://github.com/facebook/flow
    comment by davemo · 2014-11-18 · in Facebook Launches Flow, Static Type Checker for JavaScript