How To Use the Built-In ReturnType Type in TypeScript

A deep dive into TypeScript’s ReturnType utility type, where we’re also going to use Awaited 🧟

Dr. Derek Austin 🥳
Totally TypeScript
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3 min readDec 17, 2023

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Yes, dogs love ReturnType! They’re masters of the built-in Node Fetch API! Photo by Dena Simard on Unsplash

The Lowdown on ReturnType in TypeScript

TypeScript, as we all know, is like JavaScript that’s had too much coffee: hyper aware and super specific. One of those…

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Dr. Derek Austin 🥳
Totally TypeScript

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