TypeScript Interview Questions - STUMP'd

Wes and Scott tackle TypeScript trivia, from combining string literal types to unraveling the mystery of d.ts files. Join them as they challenge each other on conditional types, interfaces, triple-slash directives, and TypeScript records.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
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03:20 How do you combine string literal types?
06:34 What is a TypeScript Generic and why would you use one?
08:12 How do you write a conditional type?
09:58 Generating TypeScript type from a function.
14:09 How do d.ts files work?
16:25 Name one difference between a type and an interface.
19:15 What is a tripple-slash directive and why would you use them?
20:52 What is a TypeScript record and what is it used for?
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[@kyrregjerstad]

Nice episode, got most of these! You got that link to the promise/callback blog post?

[@brokeloser]

Everyone: welcome!
Scott: woooooooooooooooooooeeeelcome to syntax

[@MaxProgramming]

6:55 To me, the simplest explanation of generics in typescript is "It's a type that's passed as an argument in a function/interface/type/class etc"
But yea Scott's explanation was also very nice.

[@syntaxfm]

Love that

[@mrjelveh]

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[@ewooral]

Great interview but please next time demonstrate it in a code form. thanks