aledkov / crmdeveloperextensions

Dynamics CRM 2011/2013/2015 Templates & Developer Tools

##Dynamics CRM Developer Extensions##

Goal

The goal of this project is to be a free alternative to the CRM Developer Toolkit that shipped with the Dynamics CRM 2011 & 2013 SDK. Currently it contains project and item templates to help jump start the development process, code snippets, a tool to search for CRM related MSDN content, and tooling to assist with managing and deploying web resources, plug-ins, and reports. The plan is to continue to expand and include other tooling to help streamline Dynamics CRM development.

Supported versions of Visual Studio include 2012, 2013, & 2015 and will be distributed via the Visual Studio Gallery.

Installation

Install in Visual Studio under Tools -> Extensions and Updates -> Search Online for "Dynamics CRM Developer Extensions" or install directly from the Visual Studio Gallery.

####New in v1.3.4.0####

• CRM/D365 v8.2 support
• Updated to handle 8.2 SDK assemblies
• Added 8.2 JavaScript snippets
• Changed JavaScript snippet format to be easier to use - prefixes start with "Xrm"
• Changed CRM connection to use Xrm.Tooling - this is a breaking change!
  • For existing projects you will either need to:
    • Create a new connection & remap items
    • Open the CRMDeveloperExtensions.config at the project root and replace the Base64 encoded connection string with one created from a new connection or a Base64 encoded version from: [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt608573.aspx] (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt608573.aspx)
• Added OAuth as a new connection type
• Added option to enable verbose logging from Xrm.Tooling
• Updated project templates to use Xrm.Tooling for connections with SDK versions 8.0+
• Various bug fixes and usability enhancements

Solution Packager

• 1 click download and extraction of CRM solution to a Visual Studio project
• Re-package solution files from project

Review the Wiki for additional documentation.

Plug-in Deployer

• 1 click deploy plug-ins and custom workflow assemblies from Visual Studio without having to click through the SDK plug-in registration tool
• Integrated ILMerge on plug-in and custom workflow projects

Review the Wiki for additional documentation.

Report Deployer

• 1 click deploy reports from Visual Studio without having to go through CRM
• Clear local dataset cache

Review the Wiki for additional documentation.

Web Resource Deployer

• 1 click deploy of web resources from Visual Studio without having to go through CRM
• Download web resources from CRM to Visual Studio project
• Diff local files with CRM server versions

Review the Wiki for additional documentation.

Templates

Project Templates

• Plug-in
• Plug-in Test
• Custom Workflow Activity
• Custom Workflow Activity Test
• Web Resource
• TypeScript

Item Templates

• Plug-in Class
• Plug-in Unit Test (MSTest)
• Plug-in Integration Test (MSTest)
• Plug-in Unit Test (NUnit)
• Plug-in Integration Test (NUnit)
• Custom Workflow Activity
• Custom Workflow Activity Unit Test (MSTest)
• Custom Workflow Activity Integration Test (MSTest)
• Custom Workflow Activity Unit Test (NUnit)
• Custom Workflow Activity Integration Test (NUnit)
• JavaScript (Module) Web Resource
• HTML Web Resource

Code Snippets

• JavaScript code snippets for CRM 2011, 2013, 2015, & 2016

If you have ideas for new templates or tools please post them in the issues area.

Feel free to donate if this saved you some time or helped out :)