Sponsors * KendoUI * Sentry use the code “devchat” for $100 credit * TripleByte * CacheFly

Panel * Charles Max Wood * Nader Dabit * JC Hiatt

Joined by Special Guest: Spencer Miskoviak

Summary In this episode, Spencer Miskoviak shares his experience and answers questions about using typescript in React. Spencer starts by answering why react developers tend to use es6 and what the tradeoff is using typescript instead. The panel contemplates the advantages and disadvantages of using typescript and its gaining momentum in the React community. Spencer discusses how they are using typescript at Handshake and how it has paid off. Create react app and its support of typescript is discussed. The episode ends with Spencer answering questions about using dot notation with typescript and how it works.

Links * https://webpack.js.org/ * https://parceljs.org/ * https://medium.com/@skovy/using-component-dot-notation-with-typescript-to-create-a-set-of-components-b0b2aad4892b * https://app.joinhandshake.com/login * https://medium.com/@skovy * https://twitter.com/SpencerSkovy * https://github.com/Skovy

Picks Nader Dabit

• https://medium.com/open-graphql
• https://reinvent.awsevents.com/

JC Hiatt

• Sony Noise Cancelling Headphones WH1000XM3

Charles Max Wood

• https://devchat.tv/dev-rev/
• https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/podcast/
• https://player.fm/series/refactor-your-body

Spencer Miskoviak

• http://www.rubberducking.fm/
• The Future of React
• Endurance: My Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly

Special Guest: Spencer Miskoviak.