LESSON 2.1

Generic functions and inference

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In this lesson you will

  • Relate argument and return types with a type parameter
  • Let inference fill in type arguments at the call site
  • Recognise when a generic adds nothing over a union

A type parameter links an input type to an output type. Most of the skill is letting inference do the work rather than annotating call sites.

What this lesson covers

  • Relate argument and return types with a type parameter
  • Let inference fill in type arguments at the call site
  • Recognise when a generic adds nothing over a union

This lesson sits in Generics, part of TypeScript for Application Developers. It assumes what came before it and leads directly into the next lesson in the module.

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