Adding a test application to an existing project
Creating test applications for automatic testing is important when developing AL extensions.
AL-Go for GitHub permits you to create a test application in the same repository of your application by going to Actions, and then by executing the Create a new test app workflow:
Figure 15.28: Button for creating a test app
Fill in the required parameters, and at the end of the workflow execution, a test application will be added to the repository:
Figure 15.29: Test application shown in the repository
This will be the starting point to create your own tests.
If a test application is present on the repository, when you trigger the CI/CD workflow, the tests will also be executed.
AL-Go for GitHub does NOT include a visual test results viewer, mainly because GitHub doesn’t provide one yet and third-party actions are not considered secure. You will have to download and inspect the test results if they...
