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@types/prop-types
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The @types/prop-types package is a TypeScript declaration package that provides type definitions for the prop-types library, which is used for runtime type checking of React props. It allows developers to use prop-types in TypeScript projects and get type checking and IntelliSense support in their code editors.
Type checking for React props
This feature allows developers to define type checking for the props of a React component. The code sample shows how to use PropTypes with TypeScript to ensure that the props passed to a component are of the correct type.
{"import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
interface MyComponentProps {
name: string;
age: number;
isStudent: boolean;
}
const MyComponent: React.FC<MyComponentProps> = ({ name, age, isStudent }) => (
<div>
<p>Name: {name}</p>
<p>Age: {age}</p>
<p>Is a student: {isStudent ? 'Yes' : 'No'}</p>
</div>
);
MyComponent.propTypes = {
name: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
age: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
isStudent: PropTypes.bool
};"}
The prop-types package is the original runtime type checking library for React props. It is used in JavaScript projects to ensure that components receive props of the correct type. Unlike @types/prop-types, it does not provide TypeScript type definitions.
TypeScript itself provides static type checking for JavaScript. It can be used in place of prop-types for compile-time type checking in TypeScript projects. TypeScript offers a more comprehensive type system and can catch errors at compile time, whereas prop-types checks types at runtime.
io-ts is a TypeScript library that allows you to define runtime types and interfaces in a single place and derive TypeScript interfaces from them. It provides a different approach to type checking compared to @types/prop-types, as it focuses on runtime type checking and validation with the added benefit of generating TypeScript types.
tcomb is a library for type checking and domain modeling in JavaScript. It provides a similar functionality to prop-types but with a broader scope, including the ability to define complex types and structs. It is not specifically designed for React and does not have TypeScript type definitions like @types/prop-types.
npm install --save @types/prop-types
This package contains type definitions for prop-types (https://github.com/reactjs/prop-types).
Files were exported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/prop-types.
These definitions were written by DovydasNavickas, Ferdy Budhidharma, and Sebastian Silbermann.
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TypeScript definitions for prop-types
The npm package @types/prop-types receives a total of 17,315,935 weekly downloads. As such, @types/prop-types popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @types/prop-types demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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