With Zod, Fight Any-gration at Your Borders
summary
Shows how to use the Zod library to validate and parse JSON at application boundaries so mismatches (e.g., name vs firstName, string IDs) are caught early. Covers z.safeParse vs z.parse, coercion and transform (e.g., converting lat/long strings to numbers), composing address and user schemas, deriving TypeScript types from schemas, and recommends preferring parse and using value objects for email. Demonstrates code examples (fetch user), and mentions ecosystem tools like zod-form-data and TRPC integration for typed endpoints.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction
- 4:44Boundaries and trust zones
- 10:07Why choose Zod
- 16:48Parse vs validate
- 23:27Dynamic types and schemas
- 28:42Three key tips
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