I’ve been meaning to learn TypeScript for some time, so I’ve decided to build a roguelike (or at least begin to build a roguelike) in order to do some canvas programming as well.

In 2017, we began migrating the merchant admin UI of Shopify from a traditional Ruby on Rails Embedded RuBy (ERB) based front-end to an entirely new codebase, TypeScript paired with React and GraphQL. Using TypeScript enabled our ever-growing Admin teams ... (more…)

What if types were values? Could we simplify our interpretation of generic types? (more…)

This is not another article shitting on TypeScript, but trying to show what it offers and what it doesn't. (more…)

Today we’re announcing the Release Candidate for TypeScript 3.8! Between this RC and our final release, we expect no changes apart from critical bug fixes. To get started using the RC, you can get it through NuGet, or through npm with the following comman... (more…)