Run npm start, stop, restart, and test with their pre and post lifecycle hooks

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Documented steps

  1. npm start runs prestart -> start -> poststart; if no start script exists and server.js is at the package root, start defaults to node server.js (pre/post still run).
  2. npm test runs pretest -> test -> posttest.
  3. npm restart runs prerestart -> restart -> postrestart when a restart script exists; otherwise it falls back to running stop then start (each with their pre/post iterations).
  4. npm stop runs prestop -> stop -> poststop.
  5. Official docs: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/using-npm/scripts / https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/using-npm/scripts

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