Guarding Your TypeScript App with Data Validation

This talk emphasizes the necessity of runtime data integrity beyond TypeScript's compile-time checks. This talk explores the problems caused by unexpected data and demonstrates how robust validation, particularly with libraries like Zod, is essential for building resilient applications.

Agenda

6:45 PM: Reception of participants

7:00 PM: TECH TALK: Guarding Your TypeScript App with Data Validation

7:40 PM: Q&A

8:00 PM: Wrap-up and networking

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Speaker

Carlos Menezes - Bentley Systems

Carlos Menezes is an experienced Software Engineer with a B.S. in Computer Engineering. With a strong background in TypeScript, he is currently a Software Engineer at Bentley Systems, contributing to the iTwin project and working with Electron. In his free time, Carlos enjoys dabbling with Rust, running, playing football, and teaching kids how to play football.

Hosted By

Carlos Abreu, GDG Organizer

Blockchain enthusiast and Typescript adventurer with an MSc in Computer Engineering at the University of Madeira. Currently working as a front-end developer at Yacooba, a shared economy community platform for event promoters and travellers using blockchain technology.

Diogo Nuno Freitas, GDG Organizer

Diogo Freitas has a degree in Computer Engineering and an MSc in Mathematics, Statistics and Applications. Loves combining computer science and Mathematics, in the field of Artificial Intelligence, to develop better mathematical methods.

Fernando Martins, GDG Organizer

Fernando Martins is a PhD student in Computer Engineering at the University of Madeira. Challenges are part of his day and everyday he has a new story to tell about something he discovered. He loves to analyze and test devices in the market in order to find the logic applied in them.

Ismael Da Gama,

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Partner

Ordem dos Engenheiros (https://www.ordemengenheiros.pt/pt/a-ordem/regiao-madeira/)

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