After you get inspired with APL, how do you get started writing your own application that works with GitHub and that you can easily deploy?
This basic APL Skeleton is designed to get you started on writing your own APL applications that can be self-contained and deployed easily. We are focusing on using the Git-friendly SALT-based approach, which uses native text files to store source code rather than a more traditional workspace.
This skeleton gives you everything to get started, including:
- A namespace script in which to write your code
- A namespace application file to see how to launch your code from a file
- A workspace to see how to create an auto-starting application using a workspace
- A sample framework for setting up testing for your code using APLUnit
To get started, you'll want to load the HelloWorld workspace. Here's how:
On Windows: Double-click on the HelloWorld workspace.
On Linux: cd into the APL-Skeleton directory and run mapl HelloWorld.
On Mac: Use ]cd to change into the APL-Skeleton directory and run )load ./HelloWorld.dws.
The Run.dyapp script gives you an example of launching an APL application using the DYAPP scripting functionality instead of using the workspace function. You can double click on the Run application script to see it work on Windows.
This is a convenient, easy to use unit testing framework. You can view the original repository here:
https://github.com/Gianfrancoalongi/APLUnit
I generally recommend that you copy the UT.dyalog file directly into your repository, as I have done here. Please do be sure to make a pull request with any new features that you may add during your use, as we would love to see what you make of it!
To help you get started, you may want to check out the following resources: