import vite rather than requiring it

[benmccann]

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What is the current behavior?

require the CJS version of Vite

What is the new behavior?

import the ESM version of Vite. The next major version of Vite may start producing warnings when Vite is required to encourage people to move off of the legacy CJS syntax and onto modern ESM. We should make a change now to get ahead of it and ensure users don't see this warning

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[ryansolid]

Thanks Ben.