Excellent Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Development Resources

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I found this great development resource today. I’m sure I have seen this before but when I saw the list of items included in this list they are a very impressive and comprehensive list.

I will include a couple of interesting sections but go and bookmark the original here because looking at the list it seems to be updated quite often

References & Reading Materials

CRM Developer Center	Whether you are just starting with CRM development or you are a seasoned guru, this is the place to start – Microsoft Dynamics CRM Developer Center on MSDN.
CRM 2011 SDK – Download	The tool of any CRM developer – Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 SDK. Download, install and make sure to read every night. Tons of samples.
CRM 2011 SDK – Online	Read the SDK online – same content but available in any Internet cafe. And, most likely, updated more frequently than downloadable version.
CRM 2011 Developer Training Kit	This training kit is for .NET developers to learn the development features of Dynamics CRM and help them build applications using Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 and CRM Online.
Entity Relationship Diagrams	Microsoft Office Visio diagrams that show the logical database structure for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, in its out-of-the-box state.
CRM 2011 SDK Example Index	List of SDK example links laid out by web service message

Development Helpers

CRM 4 to CRM 2011 JavaScript Converter Tool	Rhett Clinton’s tool for converting JavaScript from CRM v4.0 to CRM 2011 format.
OData Query Designer	Rhett Clinton’s tool for building OData queries. It is a Silverlight 4 application that is packaged as a Managed CRM 2011 Solution.
JavaScript SOAP Request Formatter	Jamie Miley’s tool to format captured envelopes in Jscript, ready for use in the CRM GUI.
Visual Studio Plugin Templates	Pogo69′s Visual Studio 2010 templates for plugin and custom workflow activity
NuGet plugin package	Gayan Perera’s Visual Studio NuGet package for Microsoft CRM 2011 plugins
CRM 2011 Metadata Browser	Rhett Clinton’s tool for viewing entity metadata. It is a Silverlight 4 application that is packaged as a Managed CRM 2011 Solution.
Entity Metadata Browser	This HTML/JScript metadata browser shows all the entity and attribute metadata. You can: - Filter the data displayed - Copy Property names and values to your clipboard - Open editable entities This solution is included in the Microsoft CRM 2011 SDK.
Ribbon Browser	Tanguy Touzard’s utility to view information about all Ribbon UI information for assistance in development and scripting.
CRM LINQPad Plugin	LINQPad plugin for Microsoft CRM lets you design and run LINQ queries against Microsoft CRM 2011 in a matter of minutes, just like you run your SQL queries from SQL Server Management Studio
JavaScript Web Resource Manager	Tanguy Touzard’s utility to manage all JavaScript Web Resources at once. Does not manage the associations between forms and Web Resources.
Export JavaScript Utility	This utility exports the JavaScript web resources found in a specified CRM 2011 solution. It creates a Visual Studio solution to package everything together. Written by Mitch Milam.
CRM 2011 Development Skeleton	A small Visual Studio 2010 solution that contains all you needed to get started connecting and communicating with CRM 2011. Written by Mitch Milam.
JScript IntelliSense for Form Script Libraries	Use this solution to enjoy full IntelliSense and in-line documentation about the Xrm.Page object methods when writing form scripts. This is a combination of a CRM solution and a Visual Studio extension that captures a snapshot of the structure and data in a given form. You can test your scripts in Visual Studio as you write them. This solution is part of the Microsoft CRM 2011 SDK.

ISV Helpers

View Layout Replicator	The popular Tanguy Touzard’s utility for CRM 4 for easily replicating column layouts across many views in CRM 4 has received a facelift for CRM 2011. Recommended.
Searchable Property Updater	The popular Tanguy Touzard’s utility for CRM 4 for easily updating “ValidForAdvancedFind” attributes property in CRM 4 has received a facelift for CRM 2011. Recommended.
Entity Metadata Browser	This HTML/JScript metadata browser shows all the entity and attribute metadata. You can: - Filter the data displayed - Copy Property names and values to your clipboard - Open editable entities This solution is included in the Microsoft CRM 2011 SDK.
SiteMap Editor	Tanguy Touzard’s offering for CRM 2011 SiteMap editing matches many of the capabilities of Patrick Verbeeten’s CRM 4 counterpart.