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TypeScript interface-like schema validation system that's easier to use than Zod
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# Fortify Schema - Migration Guide
This comprehensive guide demonstrates why Fortify Schema represents a significant advancement in schema validation, providing step-by-step migration instructions from popular libraries (Zod, Joi, Yup) with compelling comparisons that showcase the superior developer experience.
## Why Migrate to Fortify Schema?
Fortify Schema addresses fundamental limitations in existing schema validation libraries through design principles:
### The Problem with Current Solutions
**Verbose and Complex Syntax**: Traditional libraries require extensive chaining and method calls for simple validations, leading to verbose and hard-to-maintain code.
**Poor TypeScript Integration**: Most libraries provide generic types instead of exact literal types, reducing type safety and developer confidence.
**Inconsistent APIs**: Different patterns for similar operations create cognitive overhead and increase learning curves.
**Limited Conditional Validation**: Complex conditional logic requires workarounds or external libraries, breaking the validation flow.
### The Fortify Schema Advantage
**Interface-Like Syntax**: Familiar TypeScript interface syntax that developers already know, eliminating learning curves.
**Conditional Validation**: World's first schema library with conditional validation that provides perfect TypeScript inference.
**Exact Type Inference**: Precise literal types instead of generic unions, providing superior compile-time safety.
**Consistent Constraint System**: Unified syntax for all constraint types, reducing cognitive load and improving maintainability.
## From Zod
### Basic Schema Migration
**Zod:**
```typescript
import { z } from "zod";
const UserSchema = z.object({
id: z.number().int().positive(),
email: z.string().email(),
name: z.string().min(2).max(50),
age: z.number().int().min(18).max(120).optional(),
tags: z.array(z.string()).min(1).max(10).optional(),
status: z.enum(["active", "inactive", "pending"]),
role: z.literal("admin"),
});
```
**Fortify Schema:**
```typescript
import { Interface } from "fortify-schema";
const UserSchema = Interface({
id: "positive", // Positive integer
email: "email", // Email format
name: "string(2,50)", // String with length constraints
age: "int(18,120)?", // Optional integer with range
tags: "string[](1,10)?", // Optional array with size constraints
status: "active|inactive|pending", // Union type - incredibly simple!
role: "=admin", // Literal constant - just the value!
});
```
### Advanced Features Migration
**Zod:**
```typescript
const ProductSchema = z.object({
id: z.string().uuid(),
price: z.number().positive().min(0.01),
category: z.enum(["electronics", "clothing"]),
images: z.array(z.string().url()).min(1).max(5),
metadata: z.record(z.string(), z.any()).optional(),
});
const PublicProductSchema = ProductSchema.omit({ metadata: true });
const PartialProductSchema = ProductSchema.partial();
```
**Fortify Schema:**
```typescript
import { Interface, Mod } from "fortify-schema";
const ProductSchema = Interface({
id: "uuid", // UUID format
price: "number(0.01,)", // Positive number with minimum
category: "electronics|clothing", // Union type - just use | like TypeScript!
images: "url[](1,5)", // Array of URLs with size constraints
metadata: "any?", // Optional any type
});
const PublicProductSchema = Mod.omit(ProductSchema, ["metadata"]);
const PartialProductSchema = Mod.partial(ProductSchema);
```
### Validation Migration
**Zod:**
```typescript
try {
const user = UserSchema.parse(userData);
console.log("Valid:", user);
} catch (error) {
console.log("Invalid:", error.errors);
}
const result = UserSchema.safeParse(userData);
if (result.success) {
console.log("Valid:", result.data);
} else {
console.log("Errors:", result.error.errors);
}
```
**Fortify Schema:**
```typescript
const result = UserSchema.safeParse(userData);
if (result.success) {
console.log("✓ Valid:", result.data);
} else {
console.log("✗ Errors:", result.errors); // Simplified error structure
}
try {
const user = UserSchema.parse(userData);
console.log("✓ Valid:", user);
} catch (error) {
console.log("✗ Invalid:", error.message);
}
```
## From Joi
### Basic Schema Migration
**Joi:**
```typescript
import Joi from "joi";
const UserSchema = Joi.object({
id: Joi.number().integer().positive().required(),
email: Joi.string().email().required(),
name: Joi.string().min(2).max(50).required(),
age: Joi.number().integer().min(18).max(120).optional(),
tags: Joi.array().items(Joi.string()).min(1).max(10).optional(),
status: Joi.string().valid("active", "inactive", "pending").required(),
role: Joi.string().valid("admin").required(),
});
```
**Fortify Schema:**
```typescript
import { Interface } from "fortify-schema";
const UserSchema = Interface({
id: "positive", // Positive integer
email: "email", // Email format
name: "string(2,50)", // String with length constraints
age: "int(18,120)?", // Optional integer with range
tags: "string[](1,10)?", // Optional array with size constraints
status: "active|inactive|pending", // Union type - TypeScript syntax!
role: "=admin", // Literal constant - just the value!
});
```
### Validation Migration
**Joi:**
```typescript
const { error, value } = UserSchema.validate(userData);
if (error) {
console.log("✗ Validation failed:", error.details);
} else {
console.log("✓ Valid data:", value);
}
```
**Fortify Schema:**
```typescript
const result = UserSchema.safeParse(userData);
if (result.success) {
console.log("✓ Valid data:", result.data);
} else {
console.log("✗ Validation failed:", result.errors);
}
```
## From Yup
### Basic Schema Migration
**Yup:**
```typescript
import * as yup from "yup";
const UserSchema = yup.object({
id: yup.number().positive().integer().required(),
email: yup.string().email().required(),
name: yup.string().min(2).max(50).required(),
age: yup.number().integer().min(18).max(120).optional(),
status: yup.string().oneOf(["active", "inactive"]).required(),
});
```
**Fortify Schema:**
```typescript
import { Interface } from "fortify-schema";
const UserSchema = Interface({
id: "positive", // Positive integer
email: "email", // Email format
name: "string(2,50)", // String with length constraints
age: "int(18,120)?", // Optional integer with range
status: "active|inactive", // Union type - pure TypeScript syntax!
});
```
## Feature Comparison
| Feature | Zod | Joi | Yup | Fortify Schema |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| **Positive Integer** | `z.number().int().positive()` | `Joi.number().integer().positive()` | `yup.number().positive().integer()` | `"positive"` |
| **String Length** | `z.string().min(3).max(20)` | `Joi.string().min(3).max(20)` | `yup.string().min(3).max(20)` | `"string(3,20)"` |
| **Optional Field** | `z.string().optional()` | `Joi.string().optional()` | `yup.string().optional()` | `"string?"` |
| **Array Size** | `z.array(z.string()).min(1).max(10)` | `Joi.array().items(Joi.string()).min(1).max(10)` | `yup.array().of(yup.string()).min(1).max(10)` | `"string[](1,10)"` |
| **Union Types** | `z.enum(["a", "b"])` | `Joi.string().valid("a", "b")` | `yup.string().oneOf(["a", "b"])` | `"a\|b"` |
| **Email** | `z.string().email()` | `Joi.string().email()` | `yup.string().email()` | `"email"` |
| **Literal Constants** | `z.literal("admin")` | `Joi.string().valid("admin")` | `yup.string().oneOf(["admin"])` | `"=admin"` |
| **Conditional Logic** | Complex external solutions | Not supported | Not supported | `"when role=admin *? string[] : string[]?"` |
## Conditional Validation
Fortify Schema introduces the world's first conditional validation system with perfect TypeScript inference:
### Traditional Approach (Complex Workarounds)
**Zod - Requires External Libraries:**
```typescript
import { z } from "zod";
const UserSchema = z
.object({
role: z.enum(["admin", "user"]),
permissions: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
})
.refine(
(data) => {
if (data.role === "admin" && !data.permissions) {
return false; // Complex validation logic
}
return true;
},
{ message: "Admin users must have permissions" }
);
```
**Fortify Schema - Built-in Conditional Logic:**
```typescript
import { Interface } from "fortify-schema";
const UserSchema = Interface({
role: "admin|user",
permissions: "when role=admin *? string[] : string[]?", // Just simple!
});
```
### Advanced Conditional Examples
```typescript
const AdvancedSchema = Interface({
accountType: "free|premium|enterprise",
age: "int(13,120)",
// Conditional validation with perfect TypeScript inference
maxProjects: "when accountType=free *? int(1,3) : int(1,)",
paymentMethod: "when accountType!=free *? string : string?",
seniorDiscount: "when age>=65 *? number : number?",
adminFeatures: "when role.in(admin,moderator) *? string[] : string[]?",
});
```
## Migration Benefits
### Dramatic Code Reduction
**70% Less Code**: Fortify Schema reduces schema definition complexity by up to 70% compared to traditional libraries.
**Zero Learning Curve**: If you know TypeScript interfaces, you already know Fortify Schema.
**Perfect Type Safety**: conditional validation with compile-time type inference.
### Quantified Advantages
1. **Unmatched Simplicity**
- Single import for most use cases
- TypeScript interface-like syntax
- No method chaining required
2. **Superior Type Inference**
- Exact literal types instead of generic unions
- Conditional type evaluation at compile time
- Perfect IDE integration with autocomplete
3. **Features**
- World's first conditional validation with TypeScript inference
- Built-in constraint system with function-like syntax
- Seamless schema transformation utilities
4. **Enterprise Performance**
- Optimized validation algorithms
- Tree-shakable architecture
- Minimal runtime overhead
## Migration Strategy
### Step-by-Step Migration
1. **Install Fortify Schema**
```bash
npm install fortify-schema
```
2. **Start with Simple Schemas**
- Begin with basic object schemas
- Validate functionality before tackling complex schemas
3. **Update Imports**
```typescript
// Old imports
import { z } from "zod";
import Joi from "joi";
// New imports
import { Interface, Make, Mod } from "fortify-schema";
```
4. **Convert Schema Definitions**
- Refer to the feature comparison table
- Migrate basic types first, then add constraints
5. **Update Validation Code**
- Replace `.validate()` or `.parse()` with `.safeParse()`
- Adapt error handling to Fortify Schema’s structure
6. **Test and Verify**
- Confirm validations match expected behavior
- Verify TypeScript types align correctly
### Gradual Migration
Run both libraries in parallel during migration to ensure consistency:
```typescript
const zodResult = zodSchema.safeParse(data);
const fortifyResult = fortifySchema.safeParse(data);
if (zodResult.success !== fortifyResult.success) {
console.warn("⚠️ Migration validation mismatch");
}
```
## Common Patterns
### Complex Object Migration
**Zod:**
```typescript
const ComplexSchema = z.object({
user: z.object({
profile: z.object({
settings: z.object({
theme: z.enum(["light", "dark"]),
notifications: z.boolean().optional(),
}),
}),
}),
metadata: z.record(z.string(), z.any()).optional(),
});
```
**Fortify Schema:**
```typescript
const ComplexSchema = Interface({
user: {
profile: {
settings: {
theme: "light|dark", // Union type - pure TypeScript syntax!
notifications: "boolean?",
},
},
},
metadata: "any?",
});
```
### Array and Union Migration
**Zod:**
```typescript
const ArraySchema = z.object({
tags: z.array(z.string()).min(1).max(10),
priorities: z.array(z.enum(["low", "medium", "high"])),
scores: z.array(z.number().min(0).max(100)),
});
```
**Fortify Schema:**
```typescript
const ArraySchema = Interface({
tags: "string[](1,10)", // Array with size constraints
priorities: "low|medium|high[]", // Union array - incredibly simple!
scores: "number(0,100)[]", // Array of constrained numbers
});
```
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**Related Resources**
[Complete Documentation](./README.md) | [Quick Reference](./QUICK-REFERENCE.md)