Does Hardhat+Viem really replace Typechain?

[aalmada]

I've returned to working with Solidity+TypeScript after taking a break for a couple of years. As I dive back in, I'm trying to catch up on what's changed. One thing that caught my attention is the soft deprecation notice for Typechain. I'm currently experimenting with Hardhat+Viem, which is mentioned in the notice. According to the linked page, hardhat-viem "generates types for your contracts, enhancing type-checking and IDE suggestions." However, I haven't experienced any contract method name suggestions or type error warnings in VS Code.

While this doesn't seem to be a Typechain-specific issue, I'm mentioning it here because I didn't encounter these problems with Typechain before, and the notice suggests giving Hardhat+Viem a try.

Another feature I miss from Typechain is the ability to use its generated interfaces as types in my frontend code, as I demonstrate in these articles: link.

Am I overlooking something? Should I continue using Typechain? I'd appreciate your opinion.

[krzkaczor]

@aalmada questions regarding hardhat-viem should be directed to hardhat support. I tested it some time ago and everything worked as expected.

Another feature I miss from Typechain is the ability to use its generated interfaces as types in my frontend code, as I demonstrate in these articles: link.

I personally use viem + wagmi on frontend as well, so there is no need for TypeChain's generated interfaces.

That being said, feel free to continue using TypeChain, it works.

[aalmada]

Thank you so much for the reply and all the work you did for Typechain!
I had already opened a discussion on hardhat: NomicFoundation/hardhat#5031