“KISS,” “DRY”, “YAGNI,” and more — Being a good programmer is a mix of skills and some common sense. It is all about being pragmatic and knowing what is the solution that fits better your problem. When facing a challenge, there are some software principles that will guide you in choosing the most correct approach. Those…

The satisfies operator, auto-accessor fields, and more — The TypeScript 4.9 version is planned to be released on the 15th of November 🎉. It will be the last one of 2022. It has been been a great year for TypeScript. In this article, I will highlight the most relevant new features. Here is the summary: The satisfies Operator …

A look into the React RFC Draft proposal support for data loading — The first cornerstone of React’s first-class support for Async/Await started when the team introduced Suspense on React 16.6. Back then, there was still no concurrent mode and its functionality was limited. The suspended component would render and just be hidden on the DOM. It was known as Legacy Suspense. The…

A deep dive into these three intriguing types — What is the difference between any, unknown, and never? When should we be using each one of those? What are its drawbacks and strengths? TypeScript has recently turned ten years. To celebrate its anniversary, I wanted to explore and play with the intricacies of those types. This article should help…

Increase your confidence in static typing — The TypeScript language has done anything but grow in the past years. It has been rated as the favorite language for many web developers. It is becoming less and less frequent to have to be working in a plain JavaScript codebase. However, sometimes TypeScript is not used to its fullest…

Build Improvements, better inference for Template String types, and more — The TypeScript 4.8 version is planned to be released on the 23th of August 🎉. This time we won’t see an exciting release. Especially if we compare it to the 4.7.. It is more focused on improving some existing features and bumping up its build times. In this article, I…

Inquierer.js, a must-known Node.js library — Node.js has seen a lot of competition lately. The most well-known competitor for a while has been Deno. Recently it has seen how Bun has gained a lot of traction and popularity. However, don’t be fooled into thinking that Node.js is dead just yet. …

An overview of the new ES13 specs — The new ES13 specs are finally released. Specs? JavaScript is indeed not an open-source language. It’s a language written following the ECMAScript standard specifications. The TC39 committee is in charge of discussing and approving new features. Who are they? “ECMA International’s TC39 is a group of JavaScript developers, implementers, academics…

NodeJs ESM support is finally here — The TypeScript 4.7 version is planned to be released on the 24th of May 🎉. After a not-so-exciting TypeScript 4.6 one, we are in for a treat. It was well known that the team was focusing on the NodeJs integration. Its support for ES Modules on Node is a long-awaited…