Migrate To Shoehorn

Migrate to Shoehorn

Why shoehorn?

shoehorn lets you pass partial data in tests while keeping TypeScript happy. It replaces as assertions with type-safe alternatives.

Test code only. Never use shoehorn in production code.

Problems with as in tests:

• Trained not to use it
• Must manually specify target type
• Double-as (as unknown as Type) for intentionally wrong data

Install

npm i @total-typescript/shoehorn

Migration patterns

Large objects with few needed properties

Before:

type Request = {  body: { id: string };  headers: Record<string, string>;  cookies: Record<string, string>;  // ...20 more properties};
it("gets user by id", () => {  // Only care about body.id but must fake entire Request  getUser({    body: { id: "123" },    headers: {},    cookies: {},    // ...fake all 20 properties  });});

After:

import { fromPartial } from "@total-typescript/shoehorn";
it("gets user by id", () => {  getUser(    fromPartial({      body: { id: "123" },    }),  );});

as Type → fromPartial()

Before:

getUser({ body: { id: "123" } } as Request);

After:

import { fromPartial } from "@total-typescript/shoehorn";
getUser(fromPartial({ body: { id: "123" } }));

as unknown as Type → fromAny()

Before:

getUser({ body: { id: 123 } } as unknown as Request); // wrong type on purpose

After:

import { fromAny } from "@total-typescript/shoehorn";
getUser(fromAny({ body: { id: 123 } }));

When to use each

Workflow

1. Gather requirements - ask user:

   • What test files have as assertions causing problems?
   • Are they dealing with large objects where only some properties matter?
   • Do they need to pass intentionally wrong data for error testing?

2. Install and migrate:

   • Install: npm i @total-typescript/shoehorn
   • Find test files with as assertions: grep -r " as [A-Z]" --include="*.test.ts" --include="*.spec.ts"
   • Replace as Type with fromPartial()
   • Replace as unknown as Type with fromAny()
   • Add imports from @total-typescript/shoehorn
   • Run type check to verify