feat: general update of template dependencies (#49)

This is the yearly update to our template, ensuring we're on the latest
versions of dependencies and Node along with applying a few minor
improvements we've learnt lately

.github/workflows/checks.yaml

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 20.x
           cache: 'npm'
 
       - run: npm ci
@@ -27,28 +27,28 @@ jobs:
   typecheck:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 20.x
           cache: 'npm'
 
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run typecheck
 
   test:
-    name: Test on ${{ matrix.os }} using Node.js v16
+    name: Test on ${{ matrix.os }} using Node.js v20
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 20.x
           cache: 'npm'
 
       - run: npm ci

.github/workflows/deploy-to-production.yaml

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 20.x
           cache: 'npm'
 
       - run: npm ci
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ jobs:
   typecheck:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 20.x
           cache: 'npm'
 
       - run: npm ci
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 20.x
           cache: 'npm'
 
       - run: npm ci
@@ -54,16 +54,16 @@ jobs:
       - typecheck
       - test
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 20.x
           cache: 'npm'
 
       - run: npm ci
 
       - name: configure aws credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
         with:
           aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.PRODUCTION_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.PRODUCTION_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}

.github/workflows/deploy-to-staging.yaml

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 20.x
           cache: 'npm'
 
       - run: npm ci
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ jobs:
   typecheck:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 20.x
           cache: 'npm'
 
       - run: npm ci
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 20.x
           cache: 'npm'
 
       - run: npm ci
@@ -54,16 +54,16 @@ jobs:
       - typecheck
       - test
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 20.x
           cache: 'npm'
 
       - run: npm ci
 
       - name: configure aws credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
         with:
           aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.STAGING_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.STAGING_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}

jest.config.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import { Config } from '@jest/types';
-import 'ts-jest';
+import { Config } from 'jest';
 
-const config: Config.InitialOptions = {
+const config: Config = {
   testEnvironment: 'node',
   setupFilesAfterEnv: ['./test/setupExpectEachTestHasAssertions.ts'],
   clearMocks: true,