CI: add test for node 12 through 20

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -84,3 +84,50 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test with pytest
         run: |
           python -m pytest
+
+
+  node-tests:
+    name: Node ${{ matrix.node-version }} test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        node-version: ['12', '14', '16', '18', '20']
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: 'recursive'
+      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install future lxml
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+      - name: Install mavlink message
+        run: |
+          git clone https://github.com/ArduPilot/mavlink.git
+          ln -s $PWD/mavlink/message_definitions ../
+      - name: Install js dependencies
+        run: |
+          cd "generator/javascript"
+          npm ci
+          echo $PWD
+          git remote -v
+          git status
+          npm list || true
+
+      - name : Test mavlink
+        run: |
+          ./test_gen_js.sh
+          echo "changing directory" || true
+          cd generators/javascript
+          echo "running npm list" || true
+          npm list
+          echo "running npm ci" || true
+          npm ci
+          echo "running npm test" || true
+          npm test

test_gen_js.sh

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ test -z "$MDEF" && MDEF="../message_definitions"
      # need to install the bindings first to test them?
     printf "${RED}Installing just-generated npm package...${NC}\n\n"
     cd generator/javascript
-    npm install 2>/dev/null > /dev/null
+    npm ci 2>/dev/null > /dev/null
     cd ../..
 
    printf "${RED}JS-NextGen PRETEST setup done.${NC}\n\n"