Exhaustive matching in TypeScript

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This article explores the underrated advantage of TypeScript for safely adding code through exhaustive matching. It explains how TypeScript's type system can warn developers about unhandled cases in switch statements when new features are added, using examples from Scala to illustrate the concept and its application in frontend development.

Exhaustive matching in TypeScript

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