Episode 226: All Things Typescript with Maina Wycliffe
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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).