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# Author: Ashutosh Kumar | |
# Date: 2023-09-25 | |
# Version: 1.0 | |
# Description: This GitHub Actions workflow automates Node.js CI/CD for a Node.js project. | |
# It performs the following steps: | |
# Step 1: Check out the source code. | |
# Step 2: Set up different versions of Node.js for testing. | |
# Step 3: Perform a clean install of Node.js dependencies. | |
# Step 4: Cache and restore dependencies for faster builds. | |
# Step 5: Build the source code. | |
# Step 6: Run tests using different versions of Node.js. | |
name: Node.js CI | |
on: | |
push: | |
branches: [ main ] # Trigger the workflow on every commit to the main branch. | |
pull_request: | |
branches: [ main ] # Trigger the workflow on pull requests targeting the main branch. | |
jobs: | |
build: | |
runs-on: ubuntu-latest | |
strategy: | |
matrix: | |
node-version: [12.x, 14.x, 16.x] # Define a matrix of Node.js versions to test.There would be 3 jobs for 12.x, 14.x, 16.x | |
steps: | |
- name: Checkout code | |
uses: actions/checkout@v2 # Step 1: Check out the source code from the repository. | |
- name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }} | |
uses: actions/setup-node@v2 | |
with: | |
node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }} | |
cache: 'npm' # Step 2: Use npm caching for faster dependency installs. | |
- name: Install Node.js dependencies | |
run: npm ci # Step 3: Perform a clean install of Node.js dependencies. | |
- name: Run tests | |
run: npm test # Step 4: Run tests using the specified Node.js version. |