I’ve finally started looking more closely on GitHub Copilot. What it can do with
languages like C# is impressive; I also checked that it can help with things
like Powershell scripts or Excel formulas. But because I’m still primarily an
X++ guy, I’...
Microsoft MVP Summit is an annual conference in Redmond (USA), where Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) meet to share experience, learn about new features coming to Microsoft products and to give feedback to Microsoft on what works well ...
My F&O environment asked me to log in every time to when I started debugging. I changed OfflineAuthenticationAdminEmail in DynamicsDevConfig.xml (at %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Visual Studio Dynamics 365), but I noticed that the value got overwrit...
Data entities in F&O can be exposed through OData protocol. You can also add OData actions by creating methods in X++ and decorating them with SysODataCollectionAttribute. You can see an example in MssLeaveRequestDateEntity.getDirects(): [...
Happy New Year! (To everyone who follows Gregorian calendar :)). Let me look a bit at what I did in 2023 and what I expect in 2024. I keep working for a large end-user company. I do a lot of different things there (X++, Azure Functions, code revie...
I noticed that some developers believe that Query* classes can’t be used to query temporary tables. It is possible; it just requires an extra step that isn’t needed with regular tables. When working with temporary tables, each buffer (...
Something that was talked about for a long time is getting closer to reality. F&O development will no longer require those huge VMs with SQL Server and everything. Instead, you’ll just install some VS extensions, connect to Dataverse, do...
Acceptance Test Library (ATL) in F&O isn’t a new feature, but many people aren’t aware of it, therefore let me try to raise awareness a bit.
ATL is used in automated tests written by developers and its purpose is to easily crea...