This thesis investigates how XML representation of X++ abstract syntax trees (AST) residing in an XML database can be subject to static code analysis. Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations comprises a large and complex corpus of X++ source code and intuitive ways of visualizing and analysing the state of the code base in terms of software metrics and technical debt are non-existent. A solution is to extend an internal web application and semantic search tool called SocrateX, to calculate software metrics and technical debt. This is done by creating a web service to construct XQuery and XPath code to be queried to the XML database. The values are stored in a relational database and imported to Power BI for intuitive visualization. Software metrics have been chosen based on the amount of previous research and compatibility with the X++ AST, whereas technical debt has been estimated using the SQALE method. This thesis concludes that XML representations of X++ abstract syntax trees are viable candidates for measuring quality of source codes with the use of functional query programming languages.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:liu-162719 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Tran, David |
| Publisher | Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för datavetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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