TypeScript and Content Creation (with Matt Pocock)

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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