dependency upgrades, server and platform module updates, linting wip

webpack/helpers.js

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+const {
+  join,
+  resolve
+} = require('path');
+
+function root(path) {
+  return resolve(__dirname, '..', path);
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  root: root,
+  join: join
+};