upgrading dev dependencies and adding vscode launch config

Author: Almenon

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+      {
+        "name": "Python",
+        "type": "python",
+        "request": "launch",
+        "stopOnEntry": true,
+        "pythonPath": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
+        "program": "${file}",
+        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
+        "env": {},
+        "envFile": "${workspaceRoot}/.env",
+        "debugOptions": [
+          "RedirectOutput"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "Current TS Tests File",
+        "type": "node",
+        "request": "launch",
+        "program": "${workspaceRoot}/node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha",
+        "args": ["-r", "ts-node/register", "${relativeFile}","--ui","tdd","--no-timeouts"],
+        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
+        "protocol": "inspector"
+      }
+    ]
+  }