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Manage develop and deploy javascripts from Visual studio

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Hello Experts,

I would like to know how you manage develop and deploy/publish javascripts from visual studio to CRM.

My CRM is currently 8.2 and planning to upgrade soon. Any references would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Praveen V

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Adrian Begovich 1,027 Moderator on at

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RE: Manage develop and deploy javascripts from Visual studio

Hi Praveen Vuppuluri,

I develop JavaScript code in Visual Studio, press CTRL + A to select all of my JavaScript code and CTRL + C to copy the selected code, and I paste the code into a web resource by pressing CTRL + V.

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RE: Manage develop and deploy javascripts from Visual studio

You can try using CRM Developer Extensions by Jason Lattimer.

github.com/.../D365DeveloperExtensions

I don't think it is supported in Visual Studio 2017, but you can use it with earlier versions.

Hope this helps.

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RE: Manage develop and deploy javascripts from Visual studio

Hi everyone,

You can use the Dynamics 365 Developer Extensions for Dynamics CRM/365 Customer Engagement with Visual Studio 2017 by following this guide.

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RE: Manage develop and deploy javascripts from Visual studio

Thank you, i would like to see if people suggesting any answers where they really applied on how they maintain their JS code repository (like source control) and continuous development and continuous deployment

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RE: Manage develop and deploy javascripts from Visual studio

I am using the XRMToolkit to deploy js & webresources directly from Visual Studio. All JS Scripts are in one VS-Solution, backed by TFS and having one Solution for each Organization.

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RE: Manage develop and deploy javascripts from Visual studio

Hi Adrian,

Thank you for response, this is what we do currently. Looking for more modernized way and mostly being used by people around here

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RE: Manage develop and deploy javascripts from Visual studio

You can make use of this tool (https://github.com/scottdurow/SparkleXrm/wiki/spkl) to achieve what you need.

Thanks!

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Adrian Begovich 1,027 Moderator on at

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RE: Manage develop and deploy javascripts from Visual studio

Hi Praveen Vuppuluri,

I like to keep it real simple by using Team Foundation Server (TFS) for source control, and copying the JavaScript code into Dynamics 365 when I need to. I have not found the need to move into continuous deployment, but I recognise that this approach may not suit everyone.

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RE: Manage develop and deploy javascripts from Visual studio

Hi Flydancer,

This is exactly what i am looking for, do you have any guide or process on how you maintain this? are you using XRMToolkit as addon to VS?

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Adrian Begovich 1,027 Moderator on at

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RE: Manage develop and deploy javascripts from Visual studio

Hi Praveen Vuppuluri,

There is a process to it. I create a solution in Visual Studio, and then in my solution I create projects for categories such as web resources, plugins, console applications, and testing. In the web resources solution I will create a folder for each web resource type I plan on using. E.g., a JavaScript folder for storing .js files.

Once I am happy with the Visual Studio solution, I check in my code to Team Foundation Server (TFS), and deploy the updated code to the correct instances.

Here is a guide on publishing web resources to CRM with XrmToolkit.

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