Mar 31 2023
Business Benefits of TypeScript

TypeScript is a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript. It adds optional static typing to JavaScript, classes, interfaces, and other advanced features.

TypeScript has a number of benefits for businesses, including:

  • Increased productivity: TypeScript can help developers to write code more quickly and efficiently. This is because the compiler can help to identify errors early, and the IDE can provide auto-completion and other features that can help developers to write code faster.
  • Reduced costs: TypeScript can help to reduce costs by making it easier to refactor code. Refactoring is the process of changing the structure of code without changing its behaviour. With TypeScript, developers can refactor code with confidence, knowing that the compiler will help to ensure that the changes do not break the application.
  • Improved quality: TypeScript can help to improve the quality of software by making it easier to write unit tests. Unit tests are automated tests that can help developers to identify defects early in the development process.
  • Increased maintainability: TypeScript can help to increase maintainability by making code more readable and understandable. This is because the compiler can help to identify errors, and the IDE can provide auto-completion and other features that can help developers to write code more clearly.
  • Improved security: TypeScript can help to improve security by making it easier to write type-safe code. Type-safe code is code that is less likely to contain vulnerabilities.

How to Get Started with TypeScript

If you are interested in getting started with TypeScript, there are a few things you can do:

  1. Learn the basics of TypeScript: There are a number of resources available online and in books that can teach you the basics of TypeScript.
  2. Choose a TypeScript IDE: There are a number of TypeScript IDEs available, such as Visual Studio Code and IntelliJ IDEA. These IDEs can help you to write and run TypeScript code.
  3. Find a TypeScript community: There are a number of TypeScript communities available online, such as the TypeScript subreddit and the TypeScript Discord server. These communities can help you to get help and support when you are using TypeScript.

Conclusion

TypeScript is a powerful tool that can help you to improve the quality, reduce costs, and increase the maintainability of your software development projects. If you are interested in getting started with TypeScript, there are a number of resources available to help you.

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Mar 27 2023
Contractor Chronicles 3

This week was spent working on the maintenance of an existing Angular application, which has been recently updated to Angular 15.

The upgrade was fairly easy, Angular and the Angular CLI make upgrading between versions so easy. It was something I missed when working with Vue. I know that the Vue CLI does have a way of upgrading, but with the Angular CLI being a bit more mature I find the upgrade process far more straightforward.

I also spent a bit of time watching a live Twitch stream of Josh Goldberg (he’s a full-time open-source developer, who specialises in Typescript), in this stream he was reviewing a pull request to a Typescript project Typescript-ESLint, which is a library for adding linting for Typescript to ESLint.

Linting is a way of checking for bad practices in your code, it is a set of rules for JavaScript. This Typescript-ESLint project adds rules for Typescript to ESLint.

As I mentioned in earlier Contractor Chronicles I said I was looking for an open-source Typescript project to get involved in and I started to look more and more into this Typescript ESLint project and get involved in the project.

So this week I spent a bit more time looking at this project and after watching the Twitch Stream of Josh’s I’m starting to understand how the project works and hopefully soon I can start contributing to the project.

Finally, I spent some time going through a plan for the rest of the year, breaking down some goals I have for the years into projects. Then using the PARA method to organise these projects and goals.

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Mar 23 2023
Why Use TypeScript?

TypeScript is a free and open-source programming language that was developed by Microsoft. It is a superset of JavaScript that enables developers to write cleaner and more maintainable code. In this blog post, we will discuss why it is beneficial to use TypeScript in your next project.

Improved Code Quality

One of the main advantages of TypeScript is that it provides a type system that enables you to catch errors and improve your code quality. By defining types for your variables, functions, and classes, you can catch errors during development time rather than runtime. This helps you to avoid common bugs, such as null or undefined errors and improves the overall reliability of your code.

Better Tooling

Another benefit of TypeScript is that it provides better tooling support than JavaScript. TypeScript has a rich set of features that enable you to write code faster and with fewer errors. For example, TypeScript provides code completion, which helps you to write code faster and with fewer errors. It also provides better error messages, which helps you to debug your code more easily.

Improved Maintainability

TypeScript makes it easier to maintain code over time. By providing a type system and better tooling support, TypeScript enables developers to write code that is easier to maintain and refactor. This is especially important when working on large projects with many developers. TypeScript’s type system enables developers to understand the codebase better and helps them to make changes more confidently.

In conclusion, TypeScript is a powerful programming language that provides many benefits over JavaScript. It offers improved code quality, better tooling support, and improved maintainability. If you are starting a new project or considering a migration, TypeScript is a great choice that will pay dividends in the long run.

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Mar 17 2023
Contractor Chronicles 2

This week, carried on with existing client work. Fixing bugs on a complex Angular application that has been worked on by a number of others developers over the years. So it’s always interesting to take something written by someone else, work out how it works and then fix issues without making more bugs. This is a whole topic on its own, which I might write about

Also spent time looking into TypeScript libraries with the aim to work on some open-source development as a way to improve my TypeScript. I’ve been looking at TypeScript-ESlint, the linting library for TypeScript, a great project run by Josh Goldberg Its aim is to add support for ESLint to your TypeScript code. It will check your code for issues and bad practices and warn you of these issues.

Another thing that happen was there was a new budget in the UK, nothing really helpful for small business owners like myself just more ways of taxing people and trying to encourage people who have retired back to work (if I had retired and was playing golf every day I don’t think I’d be keen to go back to work).

The plan for next week is, to continue exploring open-source TypeScript development, working on client work and preparing for the next tax year.

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