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  1. Useful utilities

    A strict type system doesn’t mean inflexible. We can bend it to meet our needs with the utilities that ship with TypeScript.

    Alejandro Dustet
    February 1, 2021
    • TypeScript
    • Types
    • Good Code
  2. TypeScript: Stop Using 'any', There's a Type For That

    Chances are you’ve worked with the any type in TypeScript. It’s widely overused, and subtly dangerous. Let’s explore why you should avoid it, and when you might truly need to use it.

    Alejandro Dustet and Wil Hall
    October 13, 2020
    • TypeScript
    • Types
    • Good Code
  3. Going through changes with TypeScript

    When we inevitably make changes to our codebase, any help is appreciated, and a type system can be your best friend.

    Alejandro Dustet
    March 30, 2020
    • TypeScript
    • Types
    • Web
  4. The case for Discriminated Union Types with Typescript

    Why Discriminated Union Types are an important part of modeling solutions with TypeScript.

    Alejandro Dustet
    September 30, 2019
    • Union Types
    • TypeScript
    • JavaScript
    • Web
  5. TDDing in React with Apollo and TypeScript

    Pointers for doing TDD with React using Apollo and TypeScript.

    Alejandro Dustet
    June 25, 2019
    • Testing
    • TDD
    • TypeScript
    • JavaScript
    • GraphQL
    • Apollo
    • React
    • Web

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