Use npm to install pickadate instead of bower and remove the jquery dependency from bower

bower.json

@@ -7,11 +7,9 @@
   "description": "The Hypothetical website template",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "jquery": "~3.3.1",
     "Sortable": "~1.6.0",
     "simplemde": "~1.11.2",
     "SpinKit": "~1.2.5",
-    "list.js": "^1.5.0",
+    "list.js": "^1.5.0"
-    "pickadate": "^3.5.6"
   }
 }

gulpfile.js

@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ const jsDashboard = [
 
 // Javascript libraries for the dashboard
 const jsDashboardLibs = [
-    "bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.js",
+    "node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js",
     "node_modules/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js",
+    "node_modules/pickadate/lib/picker.js",
+    "node_modules/pickadate/lib/picker.date.js",
     "bower_components/Sortable/Sortable.js",
-    "bower_components/pickadate/lib/picker.js",
-    "bower_components/pickadate/lib/picker.date.js",
     "bower_components/list.js/dist/list.js",
     "bower_components/simplemde/dist/simplemde.min.js"
 ];

package-lock.json

@@ -6578,6 +6578,14 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-M+8wxcd9TqIcWlOGnZG1bY8lVeU=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "pickadate": {
+      "version": "3.5.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pickadate/-/pickadate-3.5.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-yZgwI0O3mhmVT8ScRcxwg0dgKAY=",
+      "requires": {
+        "jquery": "3.3.1"
+      }
+    },
     "pify": {
       "version": "2.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pify/-/pify-2.3.0.tgz",

package.json

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     "gulp-uglify": "^3.0.0",
     "jquery": "^3.3.1",
     "minimist": "^1.2.0",
+    "pickadate": "^3.5.6",
     "popper.js": "^1.14.3",
     "vinyl-buffer": "^1.0.1",
     "vinyl-source-stream": "^2.0.0",