Implement updates for better performance

Author: abrar2030

.github/workflows/cicd.yml

@@ -86,18 +86,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-          # Install from the shared requirements directory
           if [ -f "${{ env.SHARED_DIR }}/requirements.txt" ]; then
             python -m pip install -r "${{ env.SHARED_DIR }}/requirements.txt"
           fi
-          # Install test-specific tools
           python -m pip install pytest pytest-cov pytest-asyncio
 
       - name: Run backend test suite
         working-directory: ${{ env.BACKEND_DIR }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          # Running pytest from the backend dir, ensuring coverage includes local code
           pytest tests/ \
             --tb=short \
             --strict-markers \
@@ -112,3 +109,40 @@ jobs:
           name: backend-coverage-report
           path: code/backend/coverage.xml
           retention-days: 30
+
+  # ============================================================
+  # Job 3 -- Web Frontend Build
+  # ============================================================
+  frontend_build:
+    name: Frontend Build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: code_quality
+
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: web-frontend
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js 20
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: "20"
+          cache: "npm"
+          cache-dependency-path: web-frontend/package-lock.json
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Build frontend
+        run: npm run build
+
+      - name: Upload build artifacts
+        if: success()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: frontend-dist
+          path: web-frontend/dist/
+          retention-days: 7