Datatypes for TypeScript


Additional datatypes for JavaScript.

Introduction

This module provides useful types that are a common in of other programming languages, but are not included in core JavaScript/TypeScript.

Installation

``bash
yarn add @verticalstrategy/datatypes
`

$3

| Type | Description | Documentation |
| -------- | ------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Option | Represent an optional value | Introduction / API |
| Result | Represent a result or an error | Introduction / API |

$3

| Interface | Description |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| ToPlain | Classes that can export to a JSON-able JS type |
| FromPlain | Classes that can import from a JSON-able JS type |
| Lazy | Represents a lazy-loadable type |

Implementation in other languages

You may be familiar with some of the content of this module. Here are some analogs in other Programming Languages:

| Language | Other Name | Equivalent to | Reference |
| -------- | ---------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Swift | Optional | Option | Swift docs |
| Rust | Option | Option | Rust docs |
| Rust | Result | Result | Rust docs |
| C# | Nullable | Option | C# docs |
| F# | Option | Option | F# docs |
| F# | Result | Result` | F# docs |

Contributing

Contributions are always welcome in form of pull requests. Discussion or bug reports are created by opening new issues.