mostly finished rewrite

public/node_modules/dom-helpers/esm/childNodes.js

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+var toArray = Function.prototype.bind.call(Function.prototype.call, [].slice);
+/**
+ * Collects all child nodes of an element.
+ * 
+ * @param node the node
+ */
+
+export default function childNodes(node) {
+  return node ? toArray(node.childNodes) : [];
+}