Utility Types: Partial Required Pick Omit
Transform existing types with built-in utility types to create variations without duplication.
Built-in Utility Types
TypeScript ships with a set of generic utility types that transform other types. They eliminate the need to manually rewrite similar interface variations.
Partial<T>
Makes all properties of T optional. Perfect for update/patch payloads where not all fields need to be provided.
interface User { name: string; email: string; age: number; }
function updateUser(id: string, changes: Partial<User>) {
// changes.name is string | undefined
// changes.email is string | undefined
}
updateUser('1', { name: 'Bob' }); // only update nameAll lessons in this course
- Generics: T extends and constraints
- Utility Types: Partial Required Pick Omit
- Mapped Types and Conditional Types
- Narrowing: typeof instanceof discriminated unions