Automated Testing and Continuous Integration in APL Development

Explore a comprehensive conference talk on automating testing and implementing Continuous Integration (CI) for APL development. Learn about the journey from manual testing to automated CI pipelines using standard, free tools. Discover the benefits of Test Driven Development and how to set up a GitHub repository with .aplt extensions. Follow along with live demonstrations on creating functions, writing test cases, and running unit tests in a Dyalog Session from source files. Dive into the world of Docker containers and learn how to leverage them for a unit test runner. Finally, understand how to integrate these tools into a GitHub action, enabling automatic test execution upon push and commit. Gain valuable insights into modern APL development practices that can enhance code quality and streamline the development process.

Introduction
About Lars, SimCorp, and SimCorp Dimension
Motivation for automating testing and the test pipeline
GitHub repository for this demo – introducing the .aplt extension
Live demo – getting started with a function and some test cases
Test Driven Development
Live Demo – Unit test runner running in a Dyalog Session from source files
What if it could all be automated?!
Using the Dyalog docker container
New docker container for a unit test runner
Running the docker container in a GitHub action this means tests will automatically run whenever a push&commit is made