Template Literal Types for validating files names

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Here's Alex using one of my favorite TypeScript features — Template Literal Types — to enforce file name conventions in TypeScript.

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type ImageExtension = `png` | `jp${`e` | ``}g` | `webp`;
type ImageFileName = `${Lowercase<string>}.${ImageExtension}`;
 
const goodName1: ImageFileName = 'doggy1.jpeg';
const goodName2: ImageFileName = 'doggy2.jpg';
const badName: ImageFileName = 'KittyCat.webp';
Type '"KittyCat.webp"' is not assignable to type '`${Lowercase<string>}.jpg` | `${Lowercase<string>}.jpeg` | `${Lowercase<string>}.png` | `${Lowercase<string>}.webp`'.2322Type '"KittyCat.webp"' is not assignable to type '`${Lowercase<string>}.jpg` | `${Lowercase<string>}.jpeg` | `${Lowercase<string>}.png` | `${Lowercase<string>}.webp`'.

I just love this feature. Enforcing string patterns with TypeScript makes me feel like a TS pro. 😅

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