Migrate to Vite for Enhanced Development Experience

[CFIALeronB]

This Pull Request encompasses the transition from create-react-app to Vite. The change aims to harness Vite's faster build times, out-of-the-box features, and overall improved development experience. Here's a brief overview of what has been done:

Changes:

• Transitioned the build and development setup to Vite.
• Updated TypeScript, ESLint, and other configurations to align with Vite requirements.
• Cleaned up the project by removing create-react-app-specific files.
• Resolved compatibility issues to ensure a seamless development workflow.

Benefits:

• Significantly faster build and hot module replacement (HMR).
• Leaner configuration with sensible defaults.
• Enhanced support for modern web technologies.

Closes #104

[rngadam]

@CFIALeronB let's get this merged in

[CFIALeronB]

@CFIALeronB let's get this merged in

I'll be finalising and committing the automated tests and updated documentation today, and then we can move forward with the merge if all checks out!

[rngadam]

apparently if there are no tests with npm test the test suite still "passes".

1) npm test command should be updated to run vitest 2) by default, the Github workflow should fail when no tests are present

[CFIALeronB]

@rngadam Does everything look good for merging?

[rngadam]

@rngadam Does everything look good for merging?

yes, the test is passing and all other checks pass so looks good to me. Good basis to start adding more tests in future PR.