I took extensive notes while reading the React Native and React documentation this weekind. I plan to post them after verifying that all code snippets in my notes are correct. Similar to my previous posts, I will try to explain React Native using concepts familiar to SwiftUI developers.

I found a few additional differences in the TypeScript documentation that are not mentioned in the Swift-TypeScript cheatsheet I linked in one of my previous posts: The return type of a function can be inferred. If there’s no return type specified in the declaration, it doesn’t mean the …

During my journey from Swift to TypeScript, I often wonder how developers migrating in the opposite direction feel. What do they appreciate about Swift, and what aspects of TypeScript do they miss?

One of the things I like about Swift is the ability to make illegal states unrepresentable using type system. It looks like something similar is possible in TypeScript using combination of union types and literal types.

So far, Swift-Typescript Cheatsheet dabbott.github.io/webdev-pr… has been the best resource for learning TS for me.

I’ve been writing native iOS apps using Swift for the last 8 years (and years of ObjC before that). Next week I will start working on a new project with ReactNative and TypeScript. All learning materials I found are written either for web developers or people completely new to programming 🤔