Extend support for nf-test 🚀

sateeshperi commented 1 week ago

There are several ways that the language server might be useful for checking .nf.test files, which is now the testing standard for nf-core and several nextflow pipelines.

Some common things that the server can check for are:

missing , in multiple assertions in then block
inputs are not numbered like input[0] (will add more)

Would like to know if this is something that the server can check for ?

maxulysse commented 1 week ago

@lukfor any extra ideas?

bentsherman commented 5 days ago

The nf-test scripts would require a custom parser for their syntax, or to re-use the Groovy parser with some custom AST visitors to validate the raw Groovy code

I am considering this, but I am also considering adding a native testing syntax into the Nextflow language based on nf-test. That would also be the proper way to deliver some of the highly requested features for nf-test like better inputs and cloud execution.

So I'm not sure if it's worth all the effort to support nf-test as it currently exists

sateeshperi commented 5 days ago

cc @lukfor

nextflow-io / language-server

Extend support for nf-test 🚀 #63