doc: use code snippet for typescript examples (#880)

The typescript code is in a fully function file, that will be run via the CI.

docs/src/basic_legacy.ts

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+// --8<-- [start:import]
+import * as lancedb from "vectordb";
+import { Schema, Field, Float32, FixedSizeList, Int32 } from "apache-arrow";
+// --8<-- [end:import]
+import * as fs from "fs";
+import { Table as ArrowTable, Utf8 } from "apache-arrow";
+
+const example = async () => {
+  fs.rmSync("data/sample-lancedb", { recursive: true, force: true });
+  // --8<-- [start:open_db]
+  const uri = "data/sample-lancedb";
+  const db = await lancedb.connect(uri);
+  // --8<-- [end:open_db]
+
+  // --8<-- [start:create_table]
+  const tbl = await db.createTable(
+    "myTable",
+    [
+      { vector: [3.1, 4.1], item: "foo", price: 10.0 },
+      { vector: [5.9, 26.5], item: "bar", price: 20.0 },
+    ],
+    { writeMode: lancedb.WriteMode.Overwrite }
+  );
+  // --8<-- [end:create_table]
+
+  // --8<-- [start:create_empty_table]
+  const schema = new Schema([
+    new Field("id", new Int32()),
+    new Field("name", new Utf8()),
+  ]);
+  const empty_tbl = await db.createTable({ name: "empty_table", schema });
+  // --8<-- [end:create_empty_table]
+
+  // --8<-- [start:search]
+  const query = await tbl.search([100, 100]).limit(2).execute();
+  // --8<-- [end:search]
+  console.log(query);
+
+  // --8<-- [start:delete]
+  await tbl.delete('item = "fizz"');
+  // --8<-- [end:delete]
+
+  // --8<-- [start:drop_table]
+  await db.dropTable("myTable");
+  // --8<-- [end:drop_table]
+};
+
+async function main() {
+  await example();
+  console.log("Basic example: done");
+}
+
+main();