Reacting to TypeScript
Erick Delfin
Frontend Dev @ Nearsoft
TypeScript?
A superset of JavaScript that adds functionality like static type-checking, interfaces and classes.
Compiles to JavaScript.
What problem does TypeScript solve?
With run-time type validation
Good ole JavaScript
Compile-time dopeness
Use case
Why?
- Structure
- Scale
- Real intellisense
- Declaration files
- Catch problems earlier
- All JavaScript is valid TypeScript!
TypeScript is a great tool, but not the absolute truth.
It's still just JavaScript
React + TypeScript
- JSX
Created using carbon.now.sh
Expressive components
More Work Up Front Means Less Work Later
More Work Up Front Means Less Work Later
"A place for everything, everything in its place."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Tools amplify your talent. The better your tools, and the better you know how to use them, the more productive you can be."
- Andrew Hunt, The Pragmatic Programmer
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