DejaVue

TypeScript and Content Creation (with Matt Pocock)


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This episode of DejaVue includes not only knowledge but also a certain degree of magic, as Alex and Michael meet up with the one and only TypeScript Wizard Matt Pocock. Together, they talk about how he became a full-time educator and what the pros and cons are, then of course discussing everything around TypeScript - from Types vs. Interfaces, any vs. unknown, Matt's ts-reset library, Flappy Bird in TypeScript and more amazing nuggets

Enjoy the episode!

Chapters

  • (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue
  • (02:08) - How Matt came to join DejaVue
  • (03:03) - Becoming a full time TypeScript educator
  • (05:10) - What do you miss when doing full time content creation?
  • (08:16) - Being an employee vs. self-employed
  • (14:42) - Why using TypeScript?
  • (19:59) - TypeScript only for libraries?
  • (22:40) - Migrating JS to TS
  • (28:08) - The build/compile step
  • (33:20) - Types vs. Interfaces
  • (37:19) - Declaration Merging pitfalls
  • (41:35) - TS Reset and TS 5.5 improvements
  • (48:25) - TypeScript enforcing a way of programming
  • (51:18) - any vs. unknown
  • (54:25) - Wrapping up

  • Links and Resources


    • $10 off for Michael's Nuxt Tips Collection* with this link and the code DEJAVUE
    • 10% discount for the vue.js de Conf in Bonn, Germany* with code DEJAVUE


    • Matt's Truck stream
    • Badass.dev
    • NeverThrow
    • Sentry migrating to TS
    • Stripe migrating to TS
    • TS Reset
    • Dan Vanderkam's PR to TS
    • TS Flappy Bird
    • Total TypeScript


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