Category: JavaScript

Random thoughts on TypeScript. I’ve noticed 2 things working on a larger Angular project:

1. it is not common to name (aka alias) types
2. type conversion either doesn’t happen, or does with not a lot of safety

In the mocks vs. no mocks debate, I’ve seen a complete ignoring of nuance which I think causes confusion; it sure confuses me at least. Examples include “you don’t need mocks, only stubs” or “test behavior, not implementation”.

I’ve learned 4 things this past 6 months doing peer reviews on many teams’ code in a large Angular code base.

• Pure Functions are not an easy sell
• Avoiding Dependencies in code is not obvious
• Anti-Mock crowd unfortunately is more nuanced
• Acceptance Test Ops continue to be challenging