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Author's profile photo Lars Hvam

Running ABAP unit tests on GitHub Actions

Ideally, unit tests are fast and only run the code in a single unit, ie. dependencies are mocked.

 

This makes unit tests great for CI, but there is no easy way to spawn a new ABAP system for each commit(?).

 

But what if we go one step further and mock the ABAP system?

 

It’s a bit more work, a bit more difficult, but fun πŸ™‚

 

The abaplint transpiler can run some ABAP on GitHub Actions.

 

Using GitHub actions is free for public projects, and very useful when the changes can come from anywhere(untrusted).

 

Setup

I’ve prepared a sample repository, which can be cloned, and is open to test pull requests:

 

https://github.com/larshp/unit-test-test

 

Some basic Node.js knowledge is required, the scripts are located in package.json and work with Node.js 14+.

 

The Actions workflow is configured so the unit tests runs for each commit,

 

Real Continuous Integration

Note how this is a real Continuous Integration setup, unit tests are run for each push for every developer, this setup is running 300+ unit tests for abapGit in 18 seconds, giving fast feedback to the developer.

 

It might give false positives, but please see it as a step running before involving a real system(Scenario 9).

 

Recommendations

If you would like to try it out, start early, and start with the basics of your application.

 

Keep strict track of all dependencies, abaplint can help with this.

 

If the code use 702+ syntax, an extra downport step must be added to the compilation.

 

And expect a lot of bugs πŸ˜€ as always, bug reports are welcome on GitHub.

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      Author's profile photo Mike Pokraka
      Mike Pokraka

      Very cool. Sounds like it's just aΒ Small Matter of ProgrammingΒ to get it all working πŸ™‚

      Author's profile photo Lars Hvam
      Lars Hvam
      Blog Post Author

      Yes, but also not it is working, running 300+ unit tests in abapGit

      Author's profile photo Mike Pokraka
      Mike Pokraka

      Sorry, was meant tongue in cheek, emphasis on _all_ working, "run some ABAP" --> run all ABAP

      The current state is a huge achievement for sure!