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Codebase Migration to TypeScript

2 posts · Mar 2022 – May 2022

What this trail covers

This feature thread tracks Stripe's efforts to migrate its extensive codebase to TypeScript, aiming to improve developer productivity, code quality, and maintainability. The initial post details a large-scale migration of millions of lines of code, highlighting the technical challenges and strategies involved in such a significant undertaking. This post introduces Sorbet, Stripe's type checker for Ruby, demonstrating a commitment to static typing across different languages to enhance developer productivity and code quality.

All Stripe trails
  1. Migrating millions of lines of code to TypeScriptThis post details the technical challenges and strategies involved in a large-scale migration of millions of lines of code to TypeScript, including the use of Sorbet, Stripe's type checker for Ruby, to demonstrate a commitment to static typing across different languages.
  2. Sorbet: Stripe’s type checker for RubyThis post details Stripe's use of Sorbet, a type checker for Ruby, to improve developer productivity and code quality across its large Ruby codebase. It explains the benefits of static typing in Ruby and how Sorbet helps catch errors early in the development cycle.