Understanding the any type
Explore how the any type in TypeScript disables type checking and when it is appropriate to use, such as handling dynamic user data or untyped third-party APIs. This lesson helps you understand the limitations and rare use cases of any within React development.
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The code below declares a variable called something and sets it to various values. From the last lesson, we know that TypeScript will give something the any type because there is no type annotation or value assignment in the declaration.
What do you think the TypeScript type checker checks in the above code?
TypeScript doesn’t carry out type checking on items that have the any type. The ...