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Wes Bos

Wes Bos

XL5G3 Full Stack JavaScript Developer. Creator of really good web development courses. BBQ enthusiast.

Scott Tolinski

Scott Tolinski

Web Developer, NX2V1, Creator of Level Up Tuts, Bboy, Robotops Crew and Youtuber

Playing: 289: Hasty Treat - Enums in JS (GraphQL and Typescript)

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Oct 5th, 2020

Hasty Treat - Enums in JS (GraphQL and Typescript)

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In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about enums in JS β€” what they are, what they do, and how they work in JavaScript.

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Show Notes

03:11 - What are enums?

  • A type restricting variables to one value from a predefined set of constants
  • Direction = UP / DOWN / LEFT / RIGHT
  • Role = ADMIN EDITOR AUTHOR VIEWER
  • Day of the Week

05:12 - In GraphQL

  • enum Role { ADMIN EDITOR AUTHOR VIEWER}
  • Then

07:05 - In TypeScript

  • First, declare the type:
    • enum direction = { UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT }
  • Then when you defined your function, use that type
    • type User { role: Role } or type User { role: [Role] }

08:49 - In JavaScript

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