I would like to reuse the type definitions within index.d.ts when porting plain .js files to .ts in my project. However I get Cannot find name 'Type'.
I feel like this is some configuration issue I'm banging my head against.Any help, much appreciated - thanks.
The folder structure looks like this
<root> - /javascript (all js files) index.d.ts (declarations)This is my current tsconfig.json
{"compilerOptions": { /* Basic Options */"target": "es2017", /* Specify ECMAScript target version: 'ES3' (default), 'ES5', 'ES2015', 'ES2016', 'ES2017','ES2018' or 'ESNEXT'. */"module": "commonjs", /* Specify module code generation: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es2015', or 'ESNext'. */"lib": [ "es2017" ], /* Specify library files to be included in the compilation. */"allowJs": true, /* Allow javascript files to be compiled. */ // "checkJs": true, /* Report errors in .js files. */"jsx": "react-native", /* Specify JSX code generation: 'preserve', 'react-native', or 'react'. */ // "declaration": true, /* Generates corresponding '.d.ts' file. */ // "declarationMap": true, /* Generates a sourcemap for each corresponding '.d.ts' file. */ // "sourceMap": true, /* Generates corresponding '.map' file. */ // "outFile": "./", /* Concatenate and emit output to single file. */ // "outDir": "./", /* Redirect output structure to the directory. */ // "rootDir": "./", /* Specify the root directory of input files. Use to control the output directory structure with --outDir. */ // "composite": true, /* Enable project compilation */ // "removeComments": true, /* Do not emit comments to output. */"noEmit": true, /* Do not emit outputs. */ // "importHelpers": true, /* Import emit helpers from 'tslib'. */ // "downlevelIteration": true, /* Provide full support for iterables in 'for-of', spread, and destructuring when targeting 'ES5' or 'ES3'. */ // "isolatedModules": true, /* Transpile each file as a separate module (similar to 'ts.transpileModule'). */ /* Strict Type-Checking Options */"strict": true, /* Enable all strict type-checking options. */ // "noImplicitAny": true, /* Raise error on expressions and declarations with an implied 'any' type. */ // "strictNullChecks": true, /* Enable strict null checks. */ // "strictFunctionTypes": true, /* Enable strict checking of function types. */ // "strictBindCallApply": true, /* Enable strict 'bind', 'call', and 'apply' methods on functions. */ // "strictPropertyInitialization": true, /* Enable strict checking of property initialization in classes. */ // "noImplicitThis": true, /* Raise error on 'this' expressions with an implied 'any' type. */ // "alwaysStrict": true, /* Parse in strict mode and emit "use strict" for each source file. */"skipLibCheck": true, /* Skip type checking of all declaration files (*.d.ts). */ /* Additional Checks */"forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true, // "noUnusedLocals": true, /* Report errors on unused locals. */ // "noUnusedParameters": true, /* Report errors on unused parameters. */ // "noImplicitReturns": true, /* Report error when not all code paths in function return a value. */ // "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true, /* Report errors for fallthrough cases in switch statement. */ /* Module Resolution Options */"moduleResolution": "node", /* Specify module resolution strategy: 'node' (Node.js) or 'classic' (TypeScript pre-1.6). */"baseUrl": "./javascript", /* Base directory to resolve non-absolute module names. */ // "paths": {}, /* A series of entries which re-map imports to lookup locations relative to the 'baseUrl'. */ // "rootDirs": [], /* List of root folders whose combined content represents the structure of the project at runtime. */ // "typeRoots": [], /* List of folders to include type definitions from. */ // "types": [], /* Type declaration files to be included in compilation. */"allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true, /* Allow default imports from modules with no default export. This does not affect code emit, just typechecking. */"esModuleInterop": true, /* Enables emit interoperability between CommonJS and ES Modules via creation of namespace objects for all imports. Implies 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports'. */"resolveJsonModule": true, // "preserveSymlinks": true, /* Do not resolve the real path of symlinks. */ /* Source Map Options */ // "sourceRoot": "", /* Specify the location where debugger should locate TypeScript files instead of source locations. */ // "mapRoot": "", /* Specify the location where debugger should locate map files instead of generated locations. */ // "inlineSourceMap": true, /* Emit a single file with source maps instead of having a separate file. */ // "inlineSources": true, /* Emit the source alongside the sourcemaps within a single file; requires '--inlineSourceMap' or '--sourceMap' to be set. */ /* Experimental Options */ // "experimentalDecorators": true, /* Enables experimental support for ES7 decorators. */ // "emitDecoratorMetadata": true, /* Enables experimental support for emitting type metadata for decorators. */ }}