big updates for dep versions

- updated all npm deps
- switched to pnpm
- updated GitHub workflow to support pnpm and update some other versions and such
- switch from ts-node to tsx as the former wasn't working anymore
- simple vscode extensions.json file

Author: zoton2

.github/workflows/validate_publish.yml

@@ -12,42 +12,53 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
+    # Checkout the base branch of this repository with full depth
+    - name: Checkout this repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        token: ${{ secrets['GITHUB_TOKEN'] }}
+        ref: ${{ inputs.base_branch || 'master' }}
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    # Set the local git user config to use the GitHub Actions bot account
+    - name: Set local git config user details
+      run: |
+        git config --local user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+        git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+
     # Setup some Node stuff
     - name: Node.js setup
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
-        node-version: '16'
+        node-version: '22'
         registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
 
-    # Set NPM cache options
-    - name: Set NPM cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v2
+    # Install pnpm
+    - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+      name: Install pnpm
       with:
-        path: ~/.npm
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
-        restore-keys: |
-          ${{ runner.os }}-node-
+        version: 10
 
-    # Update NPM to the latest version
-    - name: Update NPM installation
-      run: npm install -g npm@latest
+    # Gets pnpm's store directory (for next step)
+    - name: Get pnpm store directory
+      id: pnpm-cache
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "STORE_PATH=$(pnpm store path)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-    # Checkout
-    - name: Checkout this repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    # Set pnpm cache options
+    - uses: actions/cache@v4
+      name: Setup pnpm cache
       with:
-        ref: master
-        fetch-depth: 0
+        path: ${{ steps.pnpm-cache.outputs.STORE_PATH }}
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-store-${{ hashFiles('**/pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-store-
 
-    # Set the local git user config to use the GitHub Actions bot account
-    - name: Set local git config user details
+    # Install pnpm dependencies
+    - name: Install pnpm dependencies
       run: |
-        git config --local user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-        git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-
-    # Install NPM dependencies
-    - name: Install NPM dependencies
-      run: npm ci
+        pnpm i --frozen-lockfile
 
     # Run the definition validation script
     - name: Validate definitions

.vscode/extensions.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "recommendations": [
+    "github.vscode-github-actions",
+  ]
+}

generate_types.ts

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import { compileFromFile } from 'json-schema-to-typescript';
 async function generate(): Promise<void> {
   try {
     const dirs = readdirSync('./definitions', { withFileTypes: true }).filter((d) => d.isDirectory());
-    const index = [];
+    const index: string[] = [];
     for (const dir of dirs) {
       mkdirSync(`./types/${dir.name}`, { recursive: true });
-      const dirTypes = [];
+      const dirTypes: string[] = [];
       const files = readdirSync(`./definitions/${dir.name}`);
       for (const file of files) {
         const name = file.replace(/.json$/, '');
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ async function generate(): Promise<void> {
       }
 
       // Creating the index.d.ts file for each group.
-      const subIndex = [];
+      const subIndex: string[] = [];
       subIndex.push(...dirTypes.map((t) => `import { ${t} as ${t}_ } from './${t}'\n`));
       subIndex.push(`\nexport namespace ${dir.name} {\n`);
       subIndex.push(...dirTypes.map((t) => `  interface ${t} extends ${t}_ {}\n`));