Changed the build tool from Webpack to Vite

[LuisdelaVega]

Changed the build tool from Webpack to Vite.

Description

This migration is an attempt to modernize the Comet starter app by using a build tool like Vite. This will allow us to keep up with modern web development standards while taking advantage of the immediate impact to the development experience and speed that Vite provides.

The React team mainly suggest using what they call "Production-grade React frameworks" when creating a new project, but they have recommended the use of Vite, most noticeably on their page about adding React to an existing project.

Related Issue

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Motivation and Context

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How Has This Been Tested?

Locally. Running npm run dev, npm run test, and npm run e2e.

Screenshots (if appropriate):

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[jbouder]

In general, really great work! Was able to verify the app loads super fast and can still do a production build. Also ran all quality checks successfully. Please review the comments provided below.

Also, once all comments are addressed, we will want to get a review from Scott Blair for any feedback.

[LuisdelaVega]

Just making a note here that I will squash all of these commits before merging.

[jbouder]

Great work! Thank you for running this one down.

[jbouder]

@sblair-metrostar can you review this change from WebPack to Vite to see if anything jumps out as potential pipeline related concerns?

[sblair-metrostar]

@sblair-metrostar can you review this change from WebPack to Vite to see if anything jumps out as potential pipeline related concerns?

Unless it creates a dependency on something other than Node 18 and npm/yarn to run the build, I wouldn't expect it to matter much from a pipeline perspective.