Upgrade TypeScript to v5.x to support modern libraries like Fontawesome

[chrissnyder2337]

Is your suggestion related to a problem? Please describe.

It needs to be able to support modern dependencies which leverage a different bundler.

Upgrade to typescript 5 to allow support of libraries like Fontawesome 6 which needs the moduleResolution set to bundler, only available in 5.0.2.

See https://docs.fontawesome.com/web/dig-deeper/kit-package-api#typescriptIt needs to be able to support modern dependencies which leverage a different bundler.

Describe the solution you'd like

Upgrade to typescript 5 to allow support of libraries like Fontawesome 6 which needs the moduleResolution set to bundler, only available in 5.0.2.

Is there a way to achieve this functionality with exisiting tools?

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[mg-aceik]

I updated typescript myself since 21.4+ which works nicely. But agreed.

[yavorsk]

Hi @chrissnyder2337 , thanks for submitting this. I have created an item in our backlog re typescript upgrade :)