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---
title: Conventions and Typing
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## Conventions
### Python
Parameters in the `config.py` (which are accessible via the Flask app.config dictionary) are assumed to always be defined and thus should be accessed directly via,
```python
blueprints = app.config["BLUEPRINTS"]
```
rather than,
```python
blueprints = app.config.get("BLUEPRINTS")
```
or similar as the later will cause typing issues. The former is of type `List[Callable]` whereas the later is of type `Optional[List[Callable]]`.
## Typing
### Python
To ensure clarity, consistency, all readability, _all_ new functions should use
[type hints](https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html) and include a
docstring.
Note per [PEP-484](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484/#exceptions) no
syntax for listing explicitly raised exceptions is proposed and thus the
recommendation is to put this information in a docstring, i.e.,
```python
import math
from typing import Union
def sqrt(x: Union[float, int]) -> Union[float, int]:
"""
Return the square root of x.
:param x: A number
:returns: The square root of the given number
:raises ValueError: If the number is negative
"""
return math.sqrt(x)
```
### TypeScript
TypeScript is fully supported and is the recommended language for writing all new frontend components. When modifying existing functions/components, migrating to TypeScript is appreciated, but not required. Examples of migrating functions/components to TypeScript can be found in [#9162](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/9162) and [#9180](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/9180).