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1. TypeScript Wrocław #1 – 01/30/2019 Speech #1: “TypeScript myths debunked” by Krzysztof Żuraw Here Krzysiek presented us most popular myths about TypeScript that might discourage beginners from using TypeScript. (Of course I should not repeat myself by saying that you definitely should use it! 😉 ) Most interesting points were: - “TS is not needed when you have unit tests” – not true, because TS checks only typing and unit tests cover a lot more than that. - “TS is strictly related to Angular” – no, you can use TS without Angular. - “You cannot use TS with React” – we already know that you can! 😉 - “It’s hard to use external libraries with TS” – might be true, if library is strictly JavaScript-ish and has no related @types library. - “It’s hard to introduce TS to existing project” – might be true, depends on scale of project and our eagerness to convert JS to TS 😉 Speech #2: “TypeScript with React” by Piotr Pietrzak Piotr presented us his example applica...

Today I’d like to talk about IT meetups. I’ve been visiting them for quite some time and I think they are really valuable experience. They give us opportunity to hear speeches from experienced developers and meet new people who share the same interests as you. This is of course another chance to learn something new, so I’d like to share a few things I have learned from them this week in Wrocław. I’ll cover all meetups one by one and describe each speech through bulletpoints. Let’s start learning, shall we? 😉 1. meet.js – 01/28/2019 Speech #1: “Documenting projects written in JS with JSDoc” by Wojciech Krysiak Wojtek spoke about importance of documenting projects written in JavaScript. He presented us his and his team’s app: Admin Bro, admin interface for NodeJS apps inspired by Django Admin and alike. I was written in JavaSciript and Wojtek’s team made it crucial to document project for all users. Quick summary: - Repository for AdminBro. - It is especially important ...