If you’re distributing a package, say a plugin, you may want to test it against multiple Node versions (especially if you’re using Jest for tests). In my situation, I have a popular plugin for Aurelia called Aurelia Google Maps. It’s for Aurelia 1, but many people use it, so I wanted to test it against the LTS of Node and the latest version.
name: Node.js Jest Tests
on: [push, pull\_request]
jobs:
build-and-test:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
uses: actions/setup-node@v3
with:
node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
cache: 'yarn'
- name: Install dependencies
run: yarn install
- name: Run Jest tests
run: yarn test
strategy:
matrix:
node-version: [18.x, 19.x]
You will want to save this file in your .github/workflows directory at the root of your project. You can save it as whatever you want: run-tests.yml
As you can see in the on part, the tests will run on every push and pull request. It’s also worth going in and ensuring you have some rules to ensure only pull requests that pass the tests meet the criteria for merging too.