Published on April 13, 2021 Stefan on Mastodon Reading time: 15 minutes More on TypeScript, React If you are creating component libraries and design systems in React, you might already have fowarded Refs to the DOM elements inside your components. This is especially useful if you wrap basic components or leafs in proxy components, but want to use the ref property just like you’re used to: const Bu

Published on July 16, 2019 Stefan on Mastodon Reading time: 10 minutes More on TypeScript One way to think about TypeScript is as a thin layer around JavaScript that adds type annotations. Type annotations that make sure you don’t make any mistakes. The TypeScript team worked hard on making sure that type checking also works with regular JavaScript files. TypeScript’s compiler (tsc) as well as lan

Published on July 28, 2020 Stefan on Mastodon Reading time: 10 minutes More on TypeScript, React, Preact This list is a collection of component patterns for React when working with TypeScript. See them as an extension to the TypeScript + React Guide that deals with overall concepts and types. This list has been heavily inspired by chantastic’s original React patterns list. Contrary to chantastic’s