Fixes transaction confirmations with the HttpProvider (web3#3140)

* confirmations are now only emitted if a new block is actually existing

* CHANGELOG.md updated

* CHANGELOG.md 'Added' section updated with the added types

* build packages updated

* istanbul updated because of the usage of 'async', contract.js test codestyle improved, and transaction confirmation handling in the Method class of the web3-core-method module

* coveralls CI script updated

* coverage paths updated in e2e.ganache.sh, e2e.geth.automine.sh, e2e.geth.instamine.sh

Author: nivida

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Released with 1.0.0-beta.37 code base.
 - Add `eth.getChainId` method (#3113)
 - Minified file added to web3 package (#3131)
 - The transaction confirmation workflow can now be configured (#3130)
+- TypeScript type definitions added for all modules (#3132)
 - Bloom filters added to web3.utils (#3137)
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -78,3 +79,4 @@ Released with 1.0.0-beta.37 code base.
 - Signing issues #1998, #2033, and #1074 fixed (#3125)
 - Fix hexToNumber and hexToNumberString prefix validation (#3086)
 - The receipt will now returned on a EVM error (this got removed on beta.18) (#3129)
+- Fixes transaction confirmations with the HttpProvider (#3140)

package-lock.json

@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
         }
     ],
     "devDependencies": {
-        "@babel/core": "^7.6.0",
-        "@babel/preset-env": "^7.6.0",
+        "@babel/core": "^7.6.4",
+        "@babel/preset-env": "^7.6.3",
         "@types/bignumber.js": "^4.0.2",
         "@types/underscore": "^1.8.0",
         "@types/bn.js": "^4.11.5",
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@
         "bluebird": "3.3.1",
         "bn.js": "^4.11.8",
         "bower": "1.8.8",
-        "browserify": "^16.3.0",
+        "browserify": "^16.5.0",
         "chai": "^4.2.0",
-        "coveralls": "^3.0.4",
+        "coveralls": "^3.0.7",
         "crypto-js": "^3.1.9-1",
         "del": "^4.1.1",
         "ethereumjs-common": "^1.3.2",
@@ -98,14 +98,14 @@
         "gulp-babel": "^8.0.0",
         "gulp-jshint": "^2.1.0",
         "gulp-rename": "^1.4.0",
-        "gulp-replace": "^0.6.1",
+        "gulp-replace": "^1.0.0",
         "gulp-streamify": "^1.0.2",
         "gulp-uglify": "^3.0.2",
-        "istanbul": "^0.4.5",
+        "istanbul": "^1.1.0-alpha.1",
         "istanbul-combine-updated": "^0.3.0",
         "jshint": "^2.10.2",
         "lerna": "^2.5.1",
-        "mocha": "^6.1.4",
+        "mocha": "^6.2.1",
         "sandboxed-module": "^2.0.3",
         "underscore": "^1.9.1",
         "vinyl-source-stream": "^2.0.0",