Upgrade to vite and get rid of deprecated react-script

[southernsun]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
react-script is outdated and not (well) maintained and has dependencies to old and obsolete npm packages. vite is considered (one of) the successor(s)

Describe the solution you'd like
replace react-script with vite

Describe alternatives you've considered
not applicable

Additional context
react-script last update: 3 years ago
vite