Find a new name for this project

[laurence-myers]

tsdv-joi is not memorable, nor does it roll off the tongue. Let's rename the library, and go with the obvious option joi-decorators (seems it's already taken, let's find a new name).

• Rename code & doc references
• Rename the GitHub repository
• Publish a deprecation notice to npm

[codeandcats]

Unfortunately it looks like joi-decorators is already taken on npm. 😞

Here's a couple suggestions that are available:

• decorated-joi
• joi-decorated
• joi-decor
• joiful-decoration

I kind of like joi-decor, it's admittedly a little less explicit, but to me it's a little punny and playful.

[codeandcats]

Do any of these names float your goat @laurence-myers, or do you have any other names you like?

[codeandcats]

Heya, I'm not sure if this will help in this case, but I made a thing that might help in coming up with a new name. 🙏

npm-name-finder.com

Unfortunately, when searching for joi it actually isn't that useful. 🤦‍♂🤷‍♂

[laurence-myers]

Thanks for all the suggestions! I'm mulling them over. I try to use boring but descriptive names in libs.

I tried your tool, but it told me a name was available that was actually taken. Maybe because I put a space in it?

[codeandcats]

Hmm sorry about that. I think for om memory when you put in spaces it searches for 2 variations, e.g. “validation-decorators” and “validationdecorators”. The latter is available and most likely the tool is misreporting it. I’ll look into it tomorrow.

[codeandcats]

FYI, the above bug with npm-name-finder.com has been fixed.

[laurence-myers]

I've got ahold of the joiful package on npm, based on a recommendation (thank you!). I think we'll go ahead with that name. 😄

The next step is working out when to migrate to the new name. I'd like to tackle some of the major v1 milestone tasks first:

• Make Joi a regular dependency (not a peer dependency) #22: make Joi a regular dependency
• Update to Joi v15+ (the latest) #21: update to the latest version of Joi
• Unable to use @Or decorator #35: class-based decorators for all peer-related validations (Or, And, Nand, Xor, With etc)

[codeandcats]

Moved final step "Publish a deprecation notice to npm" for this issue into its own issue (#69).