Build: Improve CI caching

Changes:
1. Update from Node.js 20 to 24.
2. Use cache settings built into `actions/setup-node`, drop `actions/cache` - it
   is simpler to maintain that way and it fixes Windows-specific issues.
3. Switch from `npm install` to `npm ci` in CI.

Author: mgol

.github/workflows/node.js.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 env:
-  NODE_VERSION: 20.x
+  NODE_VERSION: 24.x
 
 jobs:
   build-and-test:
@@ -31,17 +31,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
         with:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 # v4.2.4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.npm
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}-npm-lock-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}-npm-lock-
+          cache: npm
+          cache-dependency-path: '**/package-lock.json'
 
       - name: Install npm dependencies
-        run: npm install
+        run: npm ci
 
       - name: Build
         run: npm run build
@@ -67,17 +61,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
         with:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 # v4.2.4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.npm
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}-npm-lock-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}-npm-lock-
+          cache: npm
+          cache-dependency-path: '**/package-lock.json'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm install
+        run: npm ci
 
       - name: Build
         run: npm run build
@@ -103,17 +91,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
         with:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 # v4.2.4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.npm
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}-npm-lock-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}-npm-lock-
+          cache: npm
+          cache-dependency-path: '**/package-lock.json'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm install
+        run: npm ci
 
       - name: Build
         run: npm run build