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WeAreDevelopers LIVE β€’ Mar 24, 2021

Vuejs and TypeScript- Working Together like Peanut Butter and Jelly

Rob Richardson

How do you handle untyped JavaScript libraries in a mature Vue and TypeScript project? Discover type integration strategies to safely bridge this gap without relying on risky escape hatches.

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#1 about 3 min

Comparing Vue to React and Angular

An overview of why Vue optimizes for developer productivity compared to Angular's tooling focus and React's complex state capabilities.

#2 about 2 min

Initializing a new Vue application via the CLI

How to use the Vue CLI to scaffold a new project and select features like Babel, TypeScript, and routing.

#3 about 5 min

Solving function calling errors with TypeScript

How TypeScript acts as a design-time superset of JavaScript to ensure you structure and call functions correctly.

#4 about 4 min

Annotating codebase files with explicit TypeScript constraints

Renaming JavaScript files to TypeScript and adding explicit type hints to interfaces and function parameters.

#5 about 4 min

Configuring Vue single-file components with TypeScript

How single-file Vue components leverage the TypeScript execution context alongside scoped CSS and HTML templates.

#6 about 4 min

Resolving type errors when installing Vuetify components

Troubleshooting typing issues that arise when importing external design libraries into a strict TypeScript project.

#7 about 4 min

Building interactive counter and form components

Creating interactive counter components and utilizing robust Vuetify text fields to implement input forms.

#8 about 4 min

Resolving form element errors via type casting

How to cast Vue references via the as syntax to tell the TypeScript compiler the expected HTML element type.

#9 about 4 min

Writing custom declaration files for Lodash

Creating a basic definition file to manually add missing TypeScript support for specific Lodash utility methods.

#10 about 2 min

Downloading community type definitions from DefinitelyTyped

Pulling complete interface definitions from the open-source DefinitelyTyped repository to gain vast type checking coverage quickly.

#11 about 5 min

Generating definitions for untyped Vue plugins

Running the TypeScript compiler in declaration mode to auto-generate a starter typings file for legacy Vue-compatible packages.

#12 about 4 min

Prioritized strategies for typing external JavaScript libraries

A prioritized development checklist for introducing strict types to external dependencies that lack out-of-the-box TypeScript compatibility.

#13 about 3 min

Deciding when to adopt or avoid TypeScript

Assessing why TypeScript excels in long-term source clarity but slows down prototyping that depends heavily on untyped dependencies.

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