Merge pull request #28 from jordanwalsh23/feat/add-ci-tests

Create node-tests.yml

.github/workflows/node-tests.yml

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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.