All 'typescript' related blog posts
How to pause a Step Function while waiting on a response from a third party API
In this post we explore how you can pause a Step Function, using Task Tokens, while waiting on an external process to be completed
3 August 2022
How to use React Hooks with Redux
In this post we explore using React Hooks with Redux.
26 July 2022
Deploying an AWS AppSync API with WAF using CDK v2
In this tutorial, we’ll look at how you can leverage AWS CDK v2 to deploy an AppSync GraphQL API behind AWS WAF and use managed rules to protect against the...
25 May 2022
TypeScript 4.4 - Be on your guard
In this post, in celebration of the release of TypeScript 4.4, I explore Type Unions in TypeScript and how the language uses Type Guards and Control Flow Analysis to automatically...
27 August 2021
TypeScript 4.3 - I object your honour!
In celebration of TypeScript 4.3 I take a look TypeScript's Object Oriented features and look at the new features this release brings.
26 May 2021
Using TypeScript const assertions for fun and profit
How can we utilise the const assertion in TypeScript to flip the script and define types from immutable data?
29 April 2021
Crazy, Powerful TypeScript Tuple Types
In celebration of TypeScript 4.2 and the language's continued evolution, let's take a look at tuple types and some advanced type manipulations we can do with them.
23 March 2021
React Tutorial - Build a Weather App from Scratch - Part 2
In this tutorial we continue the step by step guide for creating a weather app using React and TypeScript.
25 February 2021
React Tutorial - Build a Weather App from Scratch - Part 1
In this tutorial I'll take you step by step through creating a weather app using React and TypeScript.
23 February 2021
TypeScript + React Hooks: Part 3
In this 3rd article in our series on using React Hooks with TypeScript, we will show how to enhance 'primitive' hooks into more complex functions, and highlight some of the...
11 December 2020
TypeScript + React Hooks: Part 2
In this follow-up to our introductory article to using React Hooks with TypeScript, we’ll continue to discuss how leveraging types & type safety can make life easier when writing components...
23 November 2020
Crazy, Powerful TypeScript 4.1 Features
In this article I'll take a look at some new features in TypeScript 4.1 - namely Template Literal Types, Key Remapping and Recursive Conditional Types. At the end I'll show...
19 November 2020
TypeScript + React Hooks: Part 1 - The Basics
In this post, we delve into using TypeScript with React Hooks to develop in the front-end. Continuing our series of posts on the practical applications of TypeScript, and introducing another...
9 November 2020
TypeScript Testing Tips - Mocking Functions with Jest
In this, the second of a series of posts on practical applications of TypeScript, we continue on the topic of testing by looking at how three lines of TypeScript magic...
28 October 2020
React + TypeScript + Redux Toolkit - Safety and Simplicity
In this article I'll explain how Redux Toolkit simplifies building Redux based apps and combines beautifully with React and TypeScript for an all-round great stack.
22 October 2020
TypeScript Testing Tips - Creating Dummies
This is the first post in a series on using TypeScript in practical applications. It shows a simple TypeScript pattern for building type-safe, unit test dummies. The focus is on...