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In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes continue their discussion of TypeScript Fundamentals with a deeper diver into more advanced use cases.
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Show Notes Deep end stuff03:30 - any vs unknown
06:20 - never
13:25 - Type generation
17:20 - TypeScript generics (variables)
21:48 - Promises / Async + Await
29:48 - Type assertion (type casting)
34:14 - TypeScript without TypeScript (JSDoc / TSDoc)
40:08 - Interfaces vs Types
44:27 - Interface or Types
44:50 - any vs unknown
46:52 - Any (No Implicit or Implicit Allowed)
48:31 - Return types (Implicit or Explicit)
50:49 - Compile (TSC, Strip TS)
52:38 - Type Assertion (as or )
53:09 - Arrays (Dog[] or Array)
54:02 - Assert or Generic (if both work)
764: Biome JS with Emanuele Stoppa
763: Web Scraping + Reverse Engineering APIs
762: What to Steal. Finding Inspiration in Web Development
761: Cloudflare Analytics Engine, Workers + more with Ben Vinegar
760: Pro VSCode Setups
759: How to Easily Explore Coding Ideas
758: Web Awesome with Konnor Rogers + Cory LaViska
757: Potluck: Is Gatsby Dead? Shadow Dom, AI Summaries, Self Hosting + More
756: CSS Is Getting Mixins + Functions
755: Chrome Extensions and Ad Blockers VS Google with Oliver Dunk
754: How to Level Up Your Web Development Career
753: Cache Ruins Everything Around Me
752: React vs Vue vs Angular with Corbin Crutchley
751: UI Components: ShadCN, Tailwind UI, Headless, React Aria, Radix UI
750: New CSS and JavaScript You Should Be Using
749: Coding Shopify with Anne and Trudy of Design Packs
748: Fitness Will Make You a Better Developer
747: Middleware Explained
746: Infrastructure for TS Devs: Kubernetes, WASM and Containers with David Flanagan
745: Modern JS Toolchains (Biome, Oxc + More)
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