The Story of Closure Next
It all started with boredom. One day, while casually checking my emails on Gmail from my computer, I decided to use the "view-source:" command out of curiosity. As I scrolled through the raw HTML, something caught my eye: the name "The Closure Library Authors."
Intrigued, I searched for what it was and discovered that Closure Library was once a powerful JavaScript library developed by Google—but it had been discontinued. Curious about its purpose, I asked ChatGPT, who explained its functionality and significance. That’s when an idea struck me:
💡 Why not bring it back, but modernized for today's web ecosystem?
Rewriting in TypeScript:
Determined to revive the project, I decided not just to restore it but to rebuild it from scratch using TypeScript to ensure better maintainability, scalability, and developer experience.
Expanding Beyond Frontend:
Initially, it was just Closure Library reimagined—but then I kept adding more.
I introduced native support for:
✅ Deno
✅ Angular, React, Svelte, Vue
✅ Mobile & Hybrid Platform APIs
✅ SSR (Next.js & Nuxt.js)
✅ Node.js
✅ Rollup, Webpack, Vite
✅ Testing (Jest & Cypress)
✅ WebAssembly & Web Components
At some point, I realized... this was no longer just Closure Library. It had evolved into something much bigger: not just frontend, but backend, full-stack, mobile, gaming, and even testing.
It wasn't just Closure Library—it was the next step, the future.
✨ That’s when the name Closure Next was born.