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typescript
import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { Observable, throwError, timer } from 'rxjs';
import { mergeMap, retryWhen } from 'rxjs/operators';

Exponential backoff retries in Angular

retry exponential-backoff rxjs
Advanced 7 steps
typescript
import { z } from "zod";
 
const ProductQuerySchema = z.object({
  page: z.coerce.number().int().positive().default(1),

Validating URL query params with Zod

validation schema type-inference
Intermediate 8 steps
typescript
type SearchResult = {
  id: string;
  title: string;
};

Cancelling stale searches with AbortController

abortcontroller cancellation async
Intermediate 7 steps
typescript
type CloneInput = Record<string, unknown> | unknown[] | Map<unknown, unknown> | Set<unknown>;
 
export function deepClone<T>(value: T): T {
  if (typeof structuredClone === "function") {

Building a deepClone with cycle safety

recursion deep-copy cycle-detection
Intermediate 8 steps
typescript
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
import { Observable, shareReplay } from 'rxjs';
 

Caching HTTP config in an Angular service

caching observables dependency-injection
Intermediate 6 steps
typescript
import {
  CACHE_MANAGER,
  CacheInterceptor,
} from '@nestjs/cache-manager';

A tenant-aware HTTP cache in NestJS

caching interceptors multi-tenancy
Intermediate 7 steps
typescript
import { useState, useEffect, useRef, useCallback } from "react";
 
interface SearchResult {
  id: string;

A debounced search hook in React

debounce custom-hooks abortcontroller
Intermediate 7 steps
typescript
type SignupInput = {
  email: string;
  password: string;
  confirmPassword: string;

How a typed signup validator collects errors

form-validation type-safety regex
Intermediate 9 steps
typescript
import { IsEmail, IsEnum, IsInt, IsOptional, IsString, Length, Max, Min } from 'class-validator';
import { Type } from 'class-transformer';
import { Body, Controller, Post } from '@nestjs/common';
 

How DTO validation works in NestJS

validation data-transfer-objects decorators
Intermediate 8 steps
typescript
type CheckoutState = "cart" | "shipping" | "payment" | "review" | "confirmed";
 
type CheckoutEvent =
  | { type: "PROCEED" }

A typed checkout state machine in TypeScript

state-machine union-types type-safety
Intermediate 7 steps
typescript
import {
  Injectable,
  NestInterceptor,
  ExecutionContext,

How a NestJS logging interceptor works

interceptors rxjs logging
Intermediate 5 steps
typescript
// A module-scoped Singleton: the single instance lives in this module's
// closure and is never exposed directly.
 
interface AppConfig {

A module-scoped Singleton in TypeScript

singleton generics encapsulation
Intermediate 7 steps
typescript
interface RetryOptions {
  retries?: number;
  baseDelayMs?: number;
  maxDelayMs?: number;

Retrying async tasks with exponential backoff

retry exponential-backoff async
Intermediate 8 steps
typescript
type NestedArray<T> = Array<T | NestedArray<T>>;
 
function flatten<T>(input: NestedArray<T>): T[] {
  const result: T[] = [];

Recursively flattening nested arrays in TypeScript

recursion recursive-types generics
Intermediate 7 steps
typescript
class LRUCache<K, V> {
  private readonly capacity: number;
  private readonly map: Map<K, V>;
 

Building an LRU cache on a JS Map

caching data-structures generics
Intermediate 8 steps
typescript
type Split<S extends string, D extends string> =
  S extends `${infer Head}${D}${infer Tail}`
    ? [Head, ...Split<Tail, D>]
    : [S];

Type-level string parsing in TypeScript

template literal types conditional types recursive types
Advanced 8 steps