As always, my last tweet of the year - rising carbon dioxide (CO₂)...
There is no deadline. Any reduction in emissions will reduce future climate warming. I am hopeful! Thank you all for following! 🙂
+ Visualization/info by @gcarbonproject: globalcarbonproject.org/carb…
A deprecation strategy? Yes please! 😍
As a TypeScript trainer, I would love to stop explaining all features every time :). Deprecating and removing old stuff is healthy. Keeping your code base lean and nimble. I like it!
github.com/microsoft/TypeScr…
🧵 4/4
Explaining the current "enums" in TypeScript is a nightmare IMO. I usually end up with: "just use a union of literal types".
With some @ahejlsberg witchery, that will finally come to end! This PR will make enums feel much more intuitive!
github.com/microsoft/TypeScr…
🧵 3/4
ECMAScript Decorators will FINALLY land in JavaScript and, thus, TypeScript (no longer experimental!). This is exciting news!!
github.com/microsoft/TypeScr…
2/4 🧵
I know @typescript is following a "0.9+0.1=1" versioning system in contrast to semver, but this 5.0 release looks to be jam-packed with awesome (and some breaking) features!
github.com/microsoft/TypeScr…
(this is a plan, nothing is certain).
A small thread
🧵 1/4
Are you using #mutationtesting in your project and want to help research in this field? Please fill in this questionnaire forms.gle/FvXNrimWAsJYC1zB9.
You'll be participating in research done by a postdoctoral researcher. Exciting stuff!
Opinion: we should have a 'drama.twitter.com' website where we discuss the inner workings and drama of x.com itself. My timeline keeps getting floated with criticism and opinions. 🤷♂️
TypeScript 4.9 has landed, and it's a release that's guaranteed to satisfy!
Now bringing
✅ A new 'satisfies' operator
✅ Improved narrowing with 'in'
✅ More efficient file-watching
✅ Better tools import clean-up
and more! Read up now!
devblogs.microsoft.com/types…
We all depend upon OSS. Sometimes life intervenes and it becomes difficult to work on a project. It's easy to not realise how tricky things can be, and how we unknowingly create key person dependencies. Here's an example. Tough situation ❤️
github.com/vitalybibikov/Azu…