port to ts

[fratzinger]

Move the code base to typescript. Just a refactor, nothing should break but imports from require(feathers-hooks-common/lib/...) or require(feathers-hooks-common/types)

We should make it a major version, just to be sure.

What do you think @daffl ?

Issues: closes #656
PRs: closes #662, #646, #634

[daffl]

Amazing! I wonder how many things for this would break/change with the latest v5. It does have a good chunk of TypeScript related changes - especially around the hook context.

[fratzinger]

I don't know yet. I'm definitely up to work on that. But I think we could merge this first.

What do you think @daffl? Also with #623 . What's the best strategy?

Possible strategies:

1. Move feathers-hooks-common to ts for feathers v4, port Dove Support #623 to ts and add move feathers v5 stuff
2. Leave feathers-hooks-common for feathers v4 as is and work on a ts version for feathers v5

However the strategy will be, I would love to work on open PR to clean up the repo:

• Update index.d.ts #662 already included in this PR
• Fix API calls #646 already included in this PR
• Fix the preventChange hook (allowing to use falsy values) #634 already included in this PR
• Dove Support #623 I would like to add this to TS version
• Add setField hook from feathers-authentication-hooks #546 I would like to add this to TS version

[daffl]

We can totally merge this one first once you put it into the ready for review state.

[fratzinger]

It's ready 😊

[fratzinger]

continuing on #663