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If you made it through chapters 1–5, you now have a solid understanding of how to:

Customize your Google map.
Create and work with interactive and custom markers, lines, and shapes.
Trigger and listen to built-in and custom Google Maps events.
Edit, import, and export Google Maps artifacts.
Display native and highly-performant data overlays.

In this chapter we’ll talk about best practices and developer experience (DX) tooling to make your Google Maps integration a walk in the park.

In the individual subchapters, we’ll combine our knowledge of the Maps Javascript API with related Google Maps Platform APIs: Static Maps, Geocoding, & Places.

Code Completion & IntelliSense

You will likely be coding your Google Maps implementation in an IDE like VSCode, WebStorm or Stackblitz (like all runnable code samples in this handbook.) Regardless of your IDE preference, you should always install @types/google.maps as part of your devDependencies.