Moving from JS to TS

[polar flume]

I've recently made a decision to move over to TS, what are some things I should know before I do the switch?

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[polar flume]

like what are some things from TS that i can use to help me out

[clever swan]

type everything properly

thats it

[static oyster]

the whole point of typescript is it's type system so that's what you would use mostly

[azure cave]

The main thing that it makes useful when it comes to D.JS imo is what you need to typeguard/check for null. I'm sure you'd much rather find out about these errors right in your editor during development than during production and therefore have to take your bot down.

[split grail]

Setting TypeScript to strict also helps to make your life a bit more miserable and overwhelming, but you going to thank yourself couple months later when your project gets complex.

[azure cave]

Has never caused me any issues tbh, I always enable strict

[polar flume]

how do you even enable strict

[limber bane]

in the tsconfig

it enables a bunch of settings like no implicit any etc

[polar flume]

ohh ic