Update to NPM v10 + Update dependencies (#179)

* Update NPM constraint and dependencies

Requied:
- NPM v8 → v10

Changed:
- Fixed Node/NPM requirements in README.
- Fixed dependency vulenerabilities.
- Updated dependencies.
- Removed obsolete Node flag `--experimental-json-modules`.
- Replaced obsolete import `assert` keyword with `with`.

* Update gitignore of assets to use wildcards

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Co-authored-by: Deven Caron <devencaron@gmail.com>

build/helpers/config.js

@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
  * @file Provides simple user configuration options.
  */
 
-import loconfig from '../../loconfig.json' assert { type: 'json' };
+import loconfig from '../../loconfig.json' with { type: 'json' };
 import { merge } from '../utils/index.js';
 
 let usrconfig;
 
 try {
     usrconfig = await import('../../loconfig.local.json', {
-        assert: { type: 'json' },
+        with: { type: 'json' },
     });
     usrconfig = usrconfig.default;