feat: add support for node v18

Signed-off-by: Francisco Buceta <frbuceta@gmail.com>

Author: frbuceta

.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ name: Continuous Integration
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [master]
+    branches:
+      - master
   pull_request:
-    branches: [master]
+    branches:
+      - master
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 2 * * 1' # At 02:00 on Monday
 
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        node-version: [12, 14, 16, 17]
+        node-version: [12, 14, 16, 17, 18]
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
             node-version: 16 # LTS
@@ -35,20 +37,19 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
       - name: Update NPM
-        run: npm install -g npm
+        if: matrix.node-version < 16
+        run: npm install -g npm@latest-7
       - name: Bootstrap project
         run: |
           npm ci --ignore-scripts
-          npm run postinstall
+          npx lerna bootstrap
       - name: Build project
-        run: |
-          npm run clean
-          npm run build
+        run: npm run build
       - uses: Yuri6037/Action-FakeTTY@v1.1
       - name: Run tests
-        run: faketty npm test --ignore-scripts
+        run: faketty npm run test --ignore-scripts
       - name: Generate coverage report
-        run: npm run coverage:ci --ignore-scripts
+        run: node packages/build/bin/run-nyc report --reporter=lcov
       - name: Publish coverage report to Coveralls
         uses: coverallsapp/github-action@master
         with:
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
           npm ci --ignore-scripts
           npx lerna bootstrap --scope "@loopback/benchmark" --include-dependencies
       - name: Run benchmark tests
-        run: npm test --prefix benchmark
+        run: npx lerna run test --scope @loopback/benchmark
 
   code-lint:
     name: Code Lint
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Bootstrap project
         run: |
           npm ci --ignore-scripts
-          npm run postinstall
+          npx lerna bootstrap
       - name: Build project
         run: npm run build
       - name: Verify doc changes

README.md

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ We are providing Maintenance support for
 
 | Version    | Status      | Published | EOL                  |
 | ---------- | ----------- | --------- | -------------------- |
-| LoopBack 4 | Current     | Oct 2018  | Apr 2024 _(minimum)_ |
+| LoopBack 4 | Current     | Oct 2018  | Apr 2025 _(minimum)_ |
 | LoopBack 3 | End-of-Life | Dec 2016  | Dec 2020             |
 | LoopBack 2 | End-of-Life | Jul 2014  | Apr 2019             |
 
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ for more details.
 
 Make sure you have the following installed:
 
-- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) >= 12
+| Package                                    | Version/-s                                                                             | Link                                  | Note                                                                                                  |
+| ------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) | Maintenance LTS (_v12_ & _v14_) <br/> Active LTS (_v16_) <br/> Current (_v17_ & _v18_) | https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/ | <span style="color: yellow;">The use of the current version for production is not recommended</span>. |
 
 Install LoopBack 4 CLI to help create new projects as follows:
 
@@ -115,9 +117,9 @@ See [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md) for more details.
 |                 Nora Abdelgadir                  |              Matthew Schnee              |                    Hage Yaapa                    |
 | :----------------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------------: | :----------------------------------------------: |
 | [![nabdelgadir]](https://github.com/nabdelgadir) | [![mschnee]](https://github.com/mschnee) | [![hacksparrow]](https://github.com/hacksparrow) |
-|                    Agnes Lin                     |                  Madaky                  |                   Hugo Da Roit                   |
+|                  **Agnes Lin**                   |                **Madaky**                |                 **Hugo Da Roit**                 |
 |    [![agnes512]](https://github.com/agnes512)    |  [![madaky]](https://github.com/madaky)  |        [![yaty]](https://github.com/yaty)        |
-|                    Nico Flaig                    |              Denny Bartelt               |               Douglas McConnachie                |
+|                  **Nico Flaig**                  |            **Denny Bartelt**             |             **Douglas McConnachie**              |
 |      [![nflaig]](https://github.com/nflaig)      | [![derdeka]](https://github.com/derdeka) |    [![dougal83]](https://github.com/dougal83)    |
 
 See

acceptance/extension-logging-fluentd/package-lock.json

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "directory": "acceptance/extension-logging-fluentd"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "12 || 14 || 16 || 17"
+    "node": "12 || 14 || 16 || 17 || 18"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "lb-tsc",

acceptance/extension-logging-fluentd/package.json

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "directory": "acceptance/repository-cloudant"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "12 || 14 || 16 || 17"
+    "node": "12 || 14 || 16 || 17 || 18"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "lb-tsc",

acceptance/repository-cloudant/package-lock.json

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "directory": "acceptance/repository-mongodb"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "12 || 14 || 16 || 17"
+    "node": "12 || 14 || 16 || 17 || 18"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "lb-tsc",

acceptance/repository-cloudant/package.json

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "directory": "acceptance/repository-mysql"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "12 || 14 || 16 || 17"
+    "node": "12 || 14 || 16 || 17 || 18"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "lb-tsc",

acceptance/repository-mongodb/package-lock.json

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "directory": "acceptance/repository-postgresql"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "12 || 14 || 16 || 17"
+    "node": "12 || 14 || 16 || 17 || 18"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "lb-tsc",

acceptance/repository-mongodb/package.json

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "directory": "benchmark"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "12 || 14 || 16 || 17"
+    "node": "12 || 14 || 16 || 17 || 18"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "lb-tsc",

acceptance/repository-mysql/package-lock.json

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "directory": "bodyparsers/rest-msgpack"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "12 || 14 || 16 || 17"
+    "node": "12 || 14 || 16 || 17 || 18"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "lb-tsc",

acceptance/repository-mysql/package.json

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "directory": "docs"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "12 || 14 || 16 || 17"
+    "node": "12 || 14 || 16 || 17 || 18"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "version": "node ./bin/copy-readmes.js && node ./bin/copy-changelogs.js && cd .. && npm run tsdocs",

acceptance/repository-postgresql/package-lock.json

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "directory": "examples/access-control-migration"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "12 || 14 || 16 || 17"
+    "node": "12 || 14 || 16 || 17 || 18"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "lb-tsc",