Recording date: Feb 17, 2022

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Maina Wyclyffe @mwycliffe_dev

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Resources:

• Yes, Bradley Cooper does voice Rocket
• AngularJS
• Angular
• TypeScript
• Nairobi, Kenya
• Basic types in TypeScript
• Non-null assertion operator in Typescript
• Union types in Typescript
• Enums in Typescript
• Kevin Chisholm
• Creating types from types in TypeScript
• Utility types in Typescript
• Type Assertions in TypeScript - why not?

Timejumps

• 01:03 Ward's haircut
• 02:06 Guest introduction
• 03:40 What made you want to use TypeScript?
• 05:51 How do you decide when to use TypeScript?
• 09:08 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 10:07 How do you deal with null in TypeScript?
• 14:37 Are TypeScript enums are bad?
• 20:12 What are your pet peeves in TypeScript?
• 21:36 Sponsor: Nx
• 22:12 What's your second pest peeve?
• 27:25 Why would you create a type from another type?
• 35:52 Final thoughts

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