change test commands & config to use tsx/ESBuild packages for compilation with separate typechecking

works around bugs in TS compiler: @see microsoft/TypeScript#41567

Author: pospi

tests/package.json

@@ -1,31 +1,34 @@
 {
   "name": "tests",
   "version": "0.0.0",
+  "private": true,
   "description": "",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "TRYORAMA_LOG_LEVEL=debug RUST_BACKTRACE=1 RUST_LOG=holochain::core::ribosome::host_fn::debug=debug TRYORAMA_HOLOCHAIN_PATH=\"holochain\" node --loader ts-node/esm --experimental-specifier-resolution=node src/index.ts"
+    "test": "npm run test:typecheck && npm run test:integration",
+    "test:typecheck": "tsc -p ./tsconfig.json",
+    "test:integration": "TRYORAMA_LOG_LEVEL=debug RUST_BACKTRACE=1 RUST_LOG=holochain::core::ribosome::host_fn::debug=debug TRYORAMA_HOLOCHAIN_PATH=\"holochain\" TS_NODE_PROJECT=./tsconfig.json ../node_modules/tape/bin/tape -r ../node_modules/tsx/dist/preflight.cjs src/**/*.ts | tap-dot"
   },
   "author": "",
   "license": "CAL-1.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "@msgpack/msgpack": "^2.7.0",
-    "esm": "^3.2.25",
     "js-base64": "^3.6.1",
     "lodash-es": "^4.17.21",
     "path": "^0.12.7",
-    "tape": "^5.2.2",
-    "ts-node": "^10.6.0",
-    "typescript": "^4.5.5",
+    "tape": "^5.6.3",
+    "typescript": "^5.0.4",
     "uuidv4": "^6.2.11"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@holochain/client": "0.12.0",
     "@holochain/tryorama": "0.11.0",
+    "@neighbourhoods/client": "file:../client",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.158",
     "@types/node": "^14.0.14",
+    "@types/tape-promise": "^4.0.1",
+    "tap-dot": "^2.0.0",
     "tape-promise": "^4.0.0",
-    "@neighbourhoods/client": "file:../client"
-  },
-  "type": "module"
-}
+    "tsx": "^3.12.6"
+  }
+}

tests/tsconfig.json

@@ -8,14 +8,16 @@
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "lib": ["es2017", "dom"],
     "sourceMap": true,
+    "types": [],
     /* Strict Type-Checking Options */
     "strict": true /* Enable all strict type-checking options. */,
     "esModuleInterop": true /* Enables emit interoperability between CommonJS and ES Modules via creation of namespace objects for all imports. Implies 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports'. */,
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "noImplicitAny": false /* Raise error on expressions and declarations with an implied 'any' type. */,
     /* Advanced Options */
     "skipLibCheck": true /* Skip type checking of declaration files. */,
-    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true /* Disallow inconsistently-cased references to the same file. */
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true /* Disallow inconsistently-cased references to the same file. */,
+    "noEmit": true /* Disable output so we can use `tsc` to typecheck independently of tsx/ESBuild */
   },
   "include": [
     "src/**/*.ts",