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Episode 226: All Things Typescript with Maina Wycliffe

Episode Summary

Maina Wycliffe talks with us about what he enjoys about using Typescript, practices people should avoid when using Typescript, and how Zod can help with schemas.

Episode Notes

Recording date: March 9, 2023

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Maina Wycliffe @mwycliffe_dev

Brought to you by

• AG Grid
• IdeaBlade

Resources:

• All Things TypeScript Newsletter
• General Zod
• Typescript and Zod schemas
• TypeScript type assertion
• Typescript-eslint
• Better linting with TypeScript and ESLint
• Linting in TypeScript using ESLint and Prettier
• Zod vs Yup validation schemas
• Zod, Joi and Yup side by side
• When should you use Zod?
• Fetch API
• TypeScript Decorators
• Type Narrowing in TypeScript
• GitHub Copilot

Timejumps

• 00:28 Welcome back
• 01:43 Guest introduction
• 04:32 Why shouldn't we use assertions?
• 08:31 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 09:35 Using Zod schemas as the source of truth?
• 13:11 How would you use Zod to validate data?
• 18:51 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
• 19:50 What are your favorite features about Typescript?
• 27:10 What is type narrowing doing?
• 33:10 What are practices people should avoid with Typescript?
• 35:24 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.