update cicd

.gitlab-ci.yml

-# This file is a template, and might need editing before it works on your project.
-# To contribute improvements to CI/CD templates, please follow the Development guide at:
-# https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/cicd/templates.html
-# This specific template is located at:
-# https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Getting-Started.gitlab-ci.yml
-
-# This is a sample GitLab CI/CD configuration file that should run without any modifications.
-# It demonstrates a basic 3 stage CI/CD pipeline. Instead of real tests or scripts,
-# it uses echo commands to simulate the pipeline execution.
-#
-# A pipeline is composed of independent jobs that run scripts, grouped into stages.
-# Stages run in sequential order, but jobs within stages run in parallel.
-#
-# For more information, see: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/index.html#stages
-
-stages:          # List of stages for jobs, and their order of execution
-  - build
-  - test
+# # This file is a template, and might need editing before it works on your project.
+# # To contribute improvements to CI/CD templates, please follow the Development guide at:
+# # https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/cicd/templates.html
+# # This specific template is located at:
+# # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Getting-Started.gitlab-ci.yml
 
-image: node:16
+# # This is a sample GitLab CI/CD configuration file that should run without any modifications.
+# # It demonstrates a basic 3 stage CI/CD pipeline. Instead of real tests or scripts,
+# # it uses echo commands to simulate the pipeline execution.
+# #
+# # A pipeline is composed of independent jobs that run scripts, grouped into stages.
+# # Stages run in sequential order, but jobs within stages run in parallel.
+# #
+# # For more information, see: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/index.html#stages
 
-cache:
-  paths:
-    - node_modules/
+# stages:          # List of stages for jobs, and their order of execution
+#   - build
+#   - test
 
-install_dependencies_job:       # This job runs in the build stage, which runs first.
-  stage: build
+# image: node:16
+
+# cache:
+#   paths:
+#     - node_modules/
+
+# install_dependencies_job:       # This job runs in the build stage, which runs first.
+#   stage: build
+
+#   script:
+#     - echo "Installing dependencies..."
+#     - npm install
+#     - echo "Dependencies installed."
+#   artifacts:
+#     paths:
+#       - node_modules/
 
-  script:
-    - echo "Installing dependencies..."
-    - npm install
-    - echo "Dependencies installed."
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - node_modules/
 
+# lint-test-job:   # This job also runs in the test stage.
+#   stage: test    # It can run at the same time as unit-test-job (in parallel).
+#   script:
+#     - echo "Linting the code..."
+#     - npm run lint
+#     - echo "Code-linting complete."
+#   artifacts:
+#     paths:
+#       - node_modules/
 
-lint-test-job:   # This job also runs in the test stage.
-  stage: test    # It can run at the same time as unit-test-job (in parallel).
+# unit-test-job:   # This job runs in the test stage.
+#   stage: test    # It only starts when the job in the build stage completes successfully.
+#   script:
+#     - echo "Running unit tests..."
+#     - npm run test:unit -- --coverage
+#     - echo "Unit tests complete."
+#   artifacts:
+#     paths:
+#       - node_modules/
+
+stages:
+  - build
+  - test
+  # - deploy
+
+install:
+  image: node:16-alpine # alpine/slim is a smaller image
+  stage: .pre         # always first, no matter if it is listed in stages
+  cache:
+    key: NPM_DOWNLOAD_CACHE  # a single-key-4-all-branches for install jobs
+    paths:
+      - .npm/
+  before_script:
+    - cp .env.gitlab-testing .env
   script:
-    - echo "Linting the code..."
-    - npm run lint
-    - echo "Code-linting complete."
+    # define cache dir & use it npm!
+    - npm ci --cache .npm --prefer-offline
   artifacts:
     paths:
-      - node_modules/
+    - node_modules/
+    - .env
 
-unit-test-job:   # This job runs in the test stage.
-  stage: test    # It only starts when the job in the build stage completes successfully.
+build:
+  stage: build
+  needs:
+    - job: install         
+      artifacts: true       # true by default, grabs `node_modules`
   script:
-    - echo "Running unit tests..."
-    - npm run test:unit -- --coverage
-    - echo "Unit tests complete."
+    - npm run build
   artifacts:
     paths:
-      - node_modules/
+      - dist/               # whereever your build results are stored
+
+test:
+  stage: test
+  needs:
+    - job: install
+      artifacts: true      # grabs node_modules
+    - job: build
+      artifacts: true      # grabs built files
+  script:
+    - npm test
+
+# deploy:
+#   stage: deploy
+#   needs:
+#       # does not need node_modules so don't state install as a need
+#     - job: build
+#       artifacts: true      # grabs dist/
+#     - job: test            # must succeed
+#       artifacts: false     # not needed
+#   script:
+#     - npm publish