No, webpack became popular because it was the only bundler that supported commonjs and handled code splitting reasonably well, so we picked it for React.
It's critical to run type checking outside of webpack. You should be able to execute code that does not type check correctly. It maximizes iteration speed and is one of TypeScript's key superpowers.
It's critical to run type checking outside of webpack. You should be able to execute code that does not type check correctly. It maximizes iteration speed and is one of TypeScript's key superpowers.