5 Reasons Why You Should Use Type Hints In Python

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Even though you don't see type hints all that often in Python code, and they'll probably never become obligatory, I still think you should use them. Here are 5 reasons why.

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🔖 Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:27 What are type hints?
3:35 Criticisms of type hints
4:36 #1 Type hints help write shorter documentation
5:50 #2 Type hints improve the editing experience
8:25 #3 Type hints make coupling more explicit
9:08 #4 Type hints force being explicit about data structures
9:50 Sidestep: Type-driven development
11:31 #5 Type hints simplify your code
12:02 Type hints vs unit tests
12:43 Final thoughts

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