What Type of Safety Can You Get with TypeScript on Web Rush #183

Maarten Tibau talks with us about the benefits of Type Safety when working with TypeScript. What is type safety? Does the presence of types alone make you safe? How do you make projects more type safe?

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const podcast = { 
  episode: 183,
  title: 'What Type of Safety Can You Get with TypeScript?',
  topics: [ 
    'TypeScript', 'JavaScript', 'Safety'
  ],
  guest: 'Maarten Tibau'
  hosts: [
    'Craig Shoemaker', 'Dan Wahlin', 'John Papa'
  ]
};

Recording date: April 21, 2022

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Maarten Tibau @maartentibau

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• AG Grid

• Narwhal

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Resources:

• TypeScript
• Type Safety
• Type-Safe TypeScript
• TypeScript support in VS Code
• TypeScript: The Good, The Bad, and the Type-Safe
• Achieving Type Safety with TypeScript
• Tim Deschryver on Twitter / blog
• Why Ernest Hemingway scissors are so expensive
• TypeScript "Everyday Types"
• TypeScript config file Tsconfig
• Ravioli Code in TypeScript
• Types vs Interfaces in TypeScript
• Wurkin Stiffs - magnetic collar stays
• Time Zone Converter

Timejumps

• 02:29 Guest introduction
• 03:58 What is Type Safety?
• 06:21 What is the value of TypeScript?
• 08:53 Sponsor: Narwhal
• 09:31 Does the presence of Types alone make you safe?
• 16:54 What are the benefits?
• 21:55 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 22:55 How do you make projects more Type Safe?
• 29:22 What's the softer way of not throwing an error?
• 33:15 What's your preference - Types or Interfaces?
• 36:05 Final thoughts

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