SWswyx·Aug 19, 2020
I keep a list of migration tools here fwiw https://github.com/typescript-cheatsheets/react/blob/master/...
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Cheatsheets for experienced React developers getting started with TypeScript
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6 sourcesThere is an excellent community resource on using React with TypeScript here:
https://github.com/typescript-cheatsheets/react-typescript-c...
In Do Not Follow JavaScript TrendsI’ve found this React + TypeScript cheat sheet extremely helpful while recently porting a React codebase to TypeScript. (To the point it’s one of only four bookmarks on my browsers bookmark bar.)
Perhaps others here will find it useful as well.
https://github.com/typescript-cheatsheets/react-typescript-c...
In Porting a React Front End to TypeScriptReact itself is written in Flow, but the React team doesn't make any official recommendations as for language or static type syntax to use.
That said, a recent survey of /r/reactjs readers [0] showed 50% using plain JS, 48% TS, and only 2% using Flow . Given that the React ecosystem probably has the most Flow users, I'd say it's safe to describe Flow as dead.
From my viewpoint, TS has more than hit enough critical mass to survive for the long term:
- Microsoft is heavily invested in its ongoing development
- The Angular community requires use of TS
- Per that stat, it's reached solid adoption in the React community (see guides like the React+TS Cheatsheet [1])
- Where CoffeeScript introduced new syntax entirely, TS's focus on being a superset of standardized JS means that there's both less to worry about compat-wise _and_ it can be seen
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as a way to use new language features instead of Babel.
So, seems like it's going to be around for a while.
I wrote up my thoughts last year on my own experience learning and using TS from both an app dev and library maintainer's perspective [2].
[0] https://www.swyx.io/writing/react-survey-2019/
[1] https://github.com/typescript-cheatsheets/react-typescript-c...
[2] https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2019/11/blogged-answers-le...
If you're struggling with TypeScript + React, check out the React TypeScript Cheatsheets: https://github.com/typescript-cheatsheets/react-typescript-c...
There's even a specific one on how to type HOCs: https://github.com/typescript-cheatsheets/react-typescript-c...
In TypeScript 3.6> ... but docs for anything React related to Typescript (types of components, etc) are harder to come by
I just saw this linked today and didn't look it through entirely, but this React+Typescript cheat sheet looks very interesting for React-specific issues you might encounter with Typescript:
https://github.com/typescript-cheatsheets/react-typescript-c...
For example it explained an issue with the type inference for custom hooks that confused me somewhat earlier.
I really like Typescript so far, but you can easily encounter situations that are hard to figure out with only basic Typescript knowledge, especially when interacting with more complex libraries. This probably gets better with more Typescript experience, but it can be a serious speed bump as a Typescript beginner.
In Using TypeScript with React