Add an official forge-std distribution to NPM under @foundry-rs/forge-std

[EricForgy]

Hi there 👋

It would be super awesome if there was an official forge-std on NPM.

There is a related issue pertaining to Hardhat ( #39 ), but my motivation is mostly around avoiding the need for submodules. I know I should learn to love submodules, but I am already happy enough with yarn / package.json for dependency management. My other dependencies already have official distributions, e.g:

• Open Zeppelin
• @prb/math
• @prb/test

It would be super awesome to have forge-std there too 🙏

[PaulRBerg]

I'm favor of this. Besides personal preference (which is Eric's argument), there's also the backwards compatibility argument that I put forth in the prb-test README:

It is my firm conviction that Foundry is the future of Ethereum smart contract development. Solidity code is best tested in Solidity itself.

But, due to various historical reasons, the Ethereum ecosystem has for a long time relied upon JavaScript for testing smart contracts. Refactoring a code base from Hardhat or Truffle to Foundry takes time, and it may not always be possible to do it in one fell swoop

[EricForgy]

What would need to happen in order to get this done?

Is it as simple as adding a package.json and having a maintainer connect it at npmjs.com?

Is there appetite for doing this with maintainers?

[EricForgy]

A good step: #176 👍

[zerosnacks]

We are looking to publish forge-std as part of foundry-rs/foundry#4337

Related: #418