add modern check workflow

Author: eleith

.github/workflows/check.yml

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+name: check
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-test:
+    name: Build & Test
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        # Modernized Node versions.
+        # 12, 14, 16 are EOL. 18 is Maintenance, 20 is LTS, 22 is Current.
+        node-version: [18, 20, 22]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Lint
+        run: npm run lint
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: npm run build
+
+      - name: Test with Coverage
+        run: npm run test:coverage