Pull Request for Issue # .

Summary of Changes

• Move tools and source JS to ESM
• The build/media_source/system/js/joomla-core-loader.mjs file now includes the required css and the related build/media_source/system/scss/joomla-core-loader.scss is deleted

Testing Instructions

You need Git and NPM to test this

Pull the 5.3-dev branch and run:

• npm install
• npm run cssversioning
• npm run gzip
• npm run versioning
• Store the media folder somewhere outside of the joomla-cms folder

Pull this PR gh pr checkout 43781 and run:

• npm install
• npm run cssversioning
• npm run gzip
• npm run versioning
• Store the media folder somewhere outside of the joomla-cms folder

Compare the two folders. The only difference should be the missing files: media/system/css/joomla-core-loader.css, media/system/css/joomla-core-loader.min.css, media/system/css/joomla-core-loader.min.css.gz

Check the basic backend functionality

Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request

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