5 mistakes TypeScript won't catch for you

[karol-majewski]

• Your full name: Karol Majewski
• Target audience (beginner/intermediate/advanced/everyone): everyone
• Estimated duration: 5 minutes
• Keywords: type soundness, transpilation, runtime exceptions, type safety

5 mistakes TypeScript won't catch for you

The talk

One-sentence summary

TypeScript is useful, but it's not going to save us from ourselves.

What's the format — is it a case study, a live coding session, a workshop or something else?

A lecture.

Tell us more about the talk

If you've worked with TypeScript long enough, you've seen TypeScript lie to you. It's going to be alright, it said. And then your code blew into your face in runtime.

I want to give a few examples, and also share a few recommendations as for how to avoid running into them.

You

A few words about yourself

How can we find you on social media?

https://twitter.com/karoljmajewski

Would you be willing to have a Q/A session after the talk?

Sure.

Do you mind if we record the event?

Yes.

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