Migrate to a newer version of react-boilerplate

[codejeet]

It has come to my attention that there are a lot of security vulnerabilities within our node modules. The problem is that version of react-boilerplate we are using is now deprecated and is a soup of dependencies that difficult to hand tune, given that most of the packages are out of date now. This also makes it difficult to add new modules, which we probably want to do.

React-boilerplate has moved from a standalone script to a create-react-app script, it seems that the original react boilerplate is no longer being maintained.

Most of the core technologies are the same (redux, redux-saga, react router, reselect) but now the boilerplate uses typescript.

In theory the transition shouldn't be so hard. In the next few days, I'll be attempting to migrate the code over. I encourage you to do the same, and if you figure it out please submit a pull request.

This issue should take priority over the other ones since the development of other features are contingent on it.