devtools.fm: Developer Tools, Open Source, Software Development Johannes Schickling - Prisma, Effect and the rise of Local First Development
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Apr 21, 2024 Johannes Schickling, founder of Prisma, discusses local-first development, the Effect library for async code in TypeScript, and building Overtone app. Topics include evolution of programming concepts, challenges for developers, and tools for document generation and TypeScript performance.
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Effect TS for Production
- Consider Effect TS for production-grade TypeScript apps.
- It provides better primitives for error handling, concurrency, and cancellation, similar to React's component model.
Effect TS Primitives
- Effect TS offers primitives like effects, streams, and context, going beyond promises.
- Effects provide control over execution with retry, interrupt, and type-safe error handling.
Effect TS and Language Deficiencies
- Effect TS addresses TypeScript's limitations in error handling and asynchronicity.
- It introduces patterns like treating errors as results, enhancing type safety and simplifying code.