Compare installed library version with the latest version on npm

check-version.js

#!/usr/bin/env node
const exec = require("util").promisify(require("child_process").exec);

/**
 * Compare the installed version against the latest @next version
 * @returns {{validate: boolean, nextRelease: string}}
 */
const checkVersion = async (currentVersion) => {
  let installedVersion, nextRelease, validate = false;
  try {
    installedVersion = (
      await exec(
        "npm --prefix ../../esm-samples/jsapi-vue/ --json list @arcgis/core"
      )
    ).stdout;

    console.log(installedVersion);
    const coreVersion = JSON.parse(installedVersion);    

    // HEADS-UP: This can return a false negative. For example, if node modules
    // haven't been installed this will code block will never run. 
    if ("dependencies" in coreVersion) {
      nextRelease = (await exec("npm view @arcgis/core@next version")).stdout;

      const parsedInstalledVersion =
        coreVersion["dependencies"]["@arcgis/core"]["version"];

      validate =
        parsedInstalledVersion.trim() === nextRelease.trim() ? true : false;
      console.log(
        "Comparing installed version against @next: ",
        parsedInstalledVersion + ", " + nextRelease + ", " + validate
      );
    } else {
      console.log("There was a problem in finding @arcgis/core.");
    }
  } catch (err) {
    console.error(err);
  }
  console.log("validate", validate);
  return {validate,nextRelease};
};

module.exports = checkVersion;