Optimize Monorepo by Reducing Artifact and Build Sizes through Package Cleanup and Dependency Updates

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Summary

This pull request streamlines the monorepo by updating and removing unnecessary packages, aiming to reduce the artifact size and optimize the build process. The key improvements are:

1. Reduction in Bamboo artifact size:

   • Previous artifact size: 54 MB (Example)
   • Current artifact size after this PR: 6 MB (Example)
   • Result: A 8x reduction in artifact size, making the artifacts much more efficient and faster to handle in CI/CD pipelines.

2. Local Build Optimization:

   • Main branch (npm run build): 40.9 MB build folder
   • This branch (npm run build): 20 MB build folder
   • Result: Nearly a 2x reduction in the local build folder size, which will lead to faster load times and improved development efficiency.

   Also I tested with clean after removing all node_modules with npx rimraf '**/node_modules' I run npm install && npm run build:local && npm start and in main branch it takes 48 seconds with this changes it takes 28 seconds

3. Removed unused API endpoint: Following endpoints are removed because they were not used by Apollon Standalone and Artemis

   router.post('/converter/pdf', (req, res) => conversionResource.convert(req, res));
   router.get('/converter/status', (req, res) => conversionResource.status(req, res));

Changes

• Package Cleanup: Removed packages that were no longer essential, ensuring the project maintains only what’s strictly required.
• Updated Shared Dependencies: Updated dependencies in the shared package to ensure consistency and avoid redundancy across packages in the monorepo.
• Build Optimization: Minimized artifacts and build size by optimizing Webpack configurations, removing unused files, and updating the npm workspace structure.

Impact

• Improved CI/CD Performance: The reduced artifact size significantly speeds up the Bamboo pipeline, resulting in faster deploys and less storage usage.
• Easier Development and Testing: A smaller local build size means more manageable files, which will improve the developer experience when building and testing locally.
• Consistency Across Packages: Ensuring the same version of dependencies across all packages reduces dependency conflicts and makes maintaining and upgrading packages easier in the future.

Testing

• Verified Bamboo artifacts to confirm size reduction.
• Confirmed local build size optimization and checked functionality to ensure no issues from package removals or updates.
• Deployed to https://test1.apollon.ase.in.tum.de/ and checked if everything is working