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Re:Using TypeScript with React by sli on Thursday August 22, 2019 @11:41AM (#20769313)
I do find it rather strange that strongly typed code with no errors, that builds correctly, can fail at runtime due to type errors. My JS oftentimes ends up nicer than my TS because I don't have pages of, basically, type-level administrative work.

I don't have this experience at all in other strongly typed languages, including very strong ones like Haskell/PureScript. The types there just work for me.

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Re:Using TypeScript with React by cryptica on Thursday August 22, 2019 @12:14PM (#20769650)
This can happen if handling data from a remote client. Type checking does not happen at runtime so you still need to do your own schema validation even with TypeScript. So IMO it adds almost no value.
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Re:Using TypeScript with React by jimmyspice on Thursday August 22, 2019 @01:56PM (#20770721)
in which case your API layer should validate the data at runtime so that it only actually returns type T as it claims. then you are back to soundness
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