Guest
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! --- Our Guest * Matt Pocock * Web - * Twitter - * YouTube - @mattpocockuk * TikTok - @mattpocockuk/ --- Your Hosts * Michael Thiessen * Twitter - * YouTube - @michaelnthiessen * Web - * Alexander Lichter * YouTube - @TheAlexLichter * Twitter - * Web - -- Chaptermarks: 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 ▶ Matt’s Truck stream ▶ ▶ NeverThrow ▶ Sentry migrating to TS ▶ Stripe migrating to TS ▶ TS Reset ▶ TS Flappy Bird -- Follow DejaVue on ▶ The Web: ▶ Twitter: ▶ Apple Podcast: ▶ YouTube: @DejaVueFm ▶ Spotify: ▶ Deezer: ▶ Amazon Music: ▶ Pocket Casts: -- Links marked with * are affiliate links. We get a small commission when you register for the service through our link. This helps us to keep the podcast running. We only include affiliate links for services mentioned in the episode or that we use ourselves.
