Topic

typescript

A collection of 6 issues

JavaScript pattern - the “singleton file”

The other day I came across the solution to a number of problems I’d had in the past. I imagine it’s probably obvious to anyone who’s been doing JavaScript for a while, but since it took a while to dawn on me I thought I’d try

How to force TypeScript's compiler to rebuild your files

I’ve noticed when using tsc in watch mode that sometimes - especially if a file has been renamed - it doesn’t realise the file needs recompiling. This state persists across reboots, restarting the watcher, all the usual stuff. The last time I hit this was when I needed

Checking if a user owns a domain

The technique we’re using is the one used by Google, Microsoft and others to verify that you've got some authority over a domain.

Hapi - using routes from external files

[Last time we left it], the server only had a single route and was all in one file. That’s fine to start with but it’s not exactly scalable. Let’s add some routes from external files.

Using Typescript with hapi

I've been using hapi lately, and decided to start using Typescript at the same time. When I looked though there didn't seem to be a lot out there on using them both together. Here's what I learned.

Typescript and hapi payloads

Using hapi's request.payload from Typescript without compiler errors.