frontend complete migration from parcel to vite for much better production builds

frontend/misc/settings.ts

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+// These are the default values for the settings, which are overridden below
+export const settings = {
+    preloadModels: [
+        // @ts-ignore
+        // new URL('../../assets/fox.glb', import.meta.url).href,
+        // @ts-ignore
+        // new URL('../../assets/logo_build/base.glb', import.meta.url).href,
+        // @ts-ignore
+        // new URL('../../assets/logo_build/location.glb', import.meta.url).href,
+        // @ts-ignore
+        // new URL('../../assets/logo_build/img.jpg.glb', import.meta.url).href,
+        // Websocket URLs automatically listen for new models from the python backend
+        "ws://127.0.0.1:32323/"
+    ],
+    displayLoadingEveryMs: 1000, /* How often to display partially loaded models */
+    monitorEveryMs: 100,
+    monitorOpenTimeoutMs: 10000,
+    // ModelViewer settings
+    autoplay: true,
+    arModes: 'webxr scene-viewer quick-look',
+    exposure: 1,
+    shadowIntensity: 0,
+    background: '',
+}
+
+const firstTimeNames: Array<string> = []; // Needed for array values, which clear the array when overridden
+function parseSetting(name: string, value: string): any {
+    let arrayElem = name.endsWith(".0")
+    if (arrayElem) name = name.slice(0, -2);
+    let prevValue = (settings as any)[name];
+    if (prevValue === undefined) throw new Error(`Unknown setting: ${name}`);
+    if (Array.isArray(prevValue) && !arrayElem) {
+        let toExtend = []
+        if (!firstTimeNames.includes(name)) {
+            firstTimeNames.push(name);
+        } else {
+            toExtend = prevValue;
+        }
+        toExtend.push(parseSetting(name + ".0", value));
+        return toExtend;
+    }
+    switch (typeof prevValue) {
+        case 'boolean':
+            return value === 'true';
+        case 'number':
+            return Number(value);
+        case 'string':
+            return value;
+        default:
+            throw new Error(`Unknown setting type: ${typeof prevValue}`);
+    }
+}
+
+// Auto-override any settings from the URL
+const url = new URL(window.location.href);
+url.searchParams.forEach((value, key) => {
+    if (key in settings) (settings as any)[key] = parseSetting(key, value);
+})