Maintenance for R2024b

1) Add .gitattributes and .gitignore
2) Update GitHub CI
3) Include solutions in InstructorResources
4) Update to standardized smoke tests
5) Update the project to start and close the app
6) Remove checks and use of OldVersions, as well as OldVersions
   themselves
7) Remove links to unused and out of date files in the project
8) Update the links in README.md

Author: eszmw

.gitattributes

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 *.slmx binary merge=mlAutoMerge
 *.sltx binary
 *.slxc binary
-*.slx binary merge=mlAutoMerge
+*.slx binary merge=mlAutoMerge linguist-language=Simulink
 *.slxp binary
 
 ## Other common binary file types

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+name: MATLAB Build
+
+# Controls when the action will run. 
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ release ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ release ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# Add permission to write GitHub pages
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pages: write
+  id-token: write
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    strategy: 
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        MATLABVersion: [R2024a,R2024b]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # Checks-out your repository
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      # Sets up a display server
+      - name: Start display server
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install xvfb
+          Xvfb :99 &
+          echo "DISPLAY=:99" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      
+      # Sets up MATLAB
+      - name: Setup MATLAB
+        uses: matlab-actions/setup-matlab@v2
+        with:
+          release: ${{ matrix.MATLABVersion }}
+          products: >
+            Statistics_and_Machine_Learning_Toolbox
+          # List required products above in the format shown (and uncomment them)
+          # List of product strings:
+          # Simulink
+          # Statistics_and_Machine_Learning_Toolbox
+          # Simulink_Coder
+          # Econometrics_Toolbox
+          # Deep_Learning_Toolbox
+
+
+      # Run all the tests
+      - name: Run SmokeTests
+        uses: matlab-actions/run-command@v2
+        with:
+          command: openProject(pwd); RunAllTests; 
+
+      # Upload the test results as artifact
+      - name: Upload TestResults
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: TestResults_${{ matrix.MATLABVersion }}
+          path: ./public/*
+          overwrite: true
+
+  badge:
+    if: ${{ always() }}
+    needs: [test]
+    strategy: 
+      fail-fast: false
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps: 
+
+      # Checks-out your repository
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      # Sets up R2023b
+      - name: Setup MATLAB
+        uses: matlab-actions/setup-matlab@v2
+        with:
+          release: R2024b
+  
+      # Download the test results from artifact
+      - name: Download All TestResults
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: public
+          pattern: TestResults_*
+          merge-multiple: true
+          
+      # Create the test results badge
+      - name: Run PostSmokeTest
+        uses: matlab-actions/run-command@v2
+        with:
+          command: openProject(pwd); PostSmokeTest;
+      
+      # Deploy reports to GitHub pages
+      - name: Setup Pages
+        uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
+      - name: Upload pages artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          path: public
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
+
+      # Commit the JSON for the MATLAB releases badge 
+      - name: Commit changed files
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "${{ github.workflow }} by ${{ github.actor }}"
+          git config user.email "<>"
+          git pull
+          git add Images/TestedWith.json
+          git commit Images/TestedWith.json -m "Update CI badges ${{  github.ref_name }}"
+          git fetch
+          git push

.gitignore

@@ -46,3 +46,6 @@ codegen/
 
 # Project settings
 Utilities/ProjectSettings.mat
+
+# GitLab page folder
+public/

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ stages:
 # Set up two testing paths
   - setup
   - test
+  - deploy
   - release
 
 setup-job:
@@ -23,30 +24,30 @@ smoke-test:
     # Make sure that the runner you plan to use matches the tags
       - matlab
     stage: test
+    parallel:
+      matrix:
+        - VERSION: [R2024a,R2024b]
     script: 
-      - matlab -batch "openProject(pwd); 
-        results = runtests(fullfile('SoftwareTests','SmokeTests.m'));
-        disp(table(results)); assertSuccess(results);"
+      - Set-Alias -Name matlab -Value "C:\Program Files\MATLAB\$VERSION\bin\matlab.exe"
+      - matlab -batch "openProject(pwd);RunAllTests"
     when: always
     allow_failure: true
+    artifacts:
+      name: "$VERSION"
+      paths:
+        - public/*
+      when:  always
+
 
-smoke-test-solution:
+pages:
     tags:
       - matlab
-    stage: release
-    script: 
-      - matlab -batch "proj = openProject(pwd); 
-        addpath(genpath(proj.RootFolder));
-        results = runtests(fullfile('InternalFiles','Tests','CI','SolnSmokeTests.m'));
-        disp(table(results)); assertSuccess(results);"
-    rules:
-# This test should always run when merging to main
-# And be available for manual running on any push
-      - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
-        when: always
-      - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME != $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
-        when: manual
-    allow_failure: true
+    stage: deploy
+    script:
+      - matlab -batch "openProject(pwd);PostSmokeTest;"
+    artifacts:
+        paths:
+            - public
 
 file-test:   
     tags:
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ release-testing:
       - matlab -batch "proj = openProject(pwd); 
         cd ..;
         addpath(genpath(fullfile('utilities','TestingResources')));
+        addpath(genpath(fullfile('utilities','Tools')));
         runCMTests"
     rules:
 # This test should always run when merging to main