This blogpost comes too late .. and I would like to apologize for that.
As you might have noticed, I’m quite fond of Directions (EMEA and US). Lots of people, all enthusiastic about NAV, making their living of it .. in one place, talking and doing business .. . Great atmosphere, great networking abilities. The fact that I only blog about it just now is too disrespectful :(. The reason is as always: time! I’m guessing we’re all swamped with work .. and i’m not an exception, I’m afraid. Not only at work, but also privately (by rebuilding my house .. and doing most of the work myself..). Anyway ….
Directions EMEA is coming! And fast!
April 25th, over 850 people will gather to attend one of the (if not THE) best conventions regarding Microsoft Dynamics NAV. That means: more than double of last year’s event! That is a confirmation that this convention is just a must-go-to!
But we all go for the content, right? Well, take a seat and read this:
- 3 keynotes, with big names like Dan Brown and Paul White
- +60 sessions (40 sessions about the very new upcoming NAV 2013!)
- 20 ISV sessions
- 12 Roundtables
- 7 Guided Trainings
- 12 Self learning trainings
- … (I’m not sure I’m able to mention this, so I won’t, but I can tell you this: all attendees will get a very exclusive, valuable gift .. and I’m not talking about the lanyards!
)
If you’re not registered than you must be wondering: damn .. what was I thinking? [;)]. And I’m afraid you’re not able to change your mind, because the convention is completely sold out!
If you look at the Session Overview, you won’t be surprised that it is sold out.. many good session, a lot to learn, a lot of opportunities to catch up whatever you have to catch up with.
And if you look closely .. then you’ll find my name on it as well [:)]. The Committee has given me the opportunity to speak again for the attendees. This time even two times, and that makes me feel very honored! :-).
TECH 1: Useful tools for getting the most out of NAV
Tools.. . Very interesting and broad topic. And for me, quite a special one, as I’m trying to build some kind of market for our in-house tool. So, I have to make sure this is not going to be (too much) advertising for our tool (and by adding the link to it, makes it already doubtful;-)). What I decided to do, is that I will show you the tools that we use in our company to do, track, monitor, organize, check, … our developments. That will be the main part of the session, and I’m sure (at least surely hope so) that it can bring you ideas on how you could be handling your developments in-house yourself :-). I will not be naming the software that I will be showing now .. for that, you’ll have to attend the session [:)] .. but I promise you, it’s software that is very cheap, very rich, very easy to use and install, .. which usually means .. very interesting! So please join on Wednesday 17:15!
TECH 2: PRS – A Deep Dive into the Core Architecture of NAV 2013
The second TECH-session is one where I’m a co-speaker, together with Mark Brummel and Gary Winter. As you might have read, we’re trying to do something about “development standards” (although that description is far from complete..) with our initiative called “Partner Ready Software“. We have been introducing the concept on NAVTechDays and Directions EMEA. This time, we’ll go one step further, and we’ll go into the NAV 2013 architecture, and go through the do’s and don’ts: how it’s done, what we like, which methods there are and how to handle them, .. let’s say, we’ll talk openly on what we think is PRS-like, and what we think could be changed to have a better framework for the future.
I’m at least very much looking forward to Directions EMEA in Rome! C U all there:-)
April 10th, 2012
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waldo |
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I apologize for this piece of advertisement, I’m just too convinced that it can help you :-).
It took us a while .. mainly because it’s soooo busy at iFacto that eats away a lot of ReVision development time .. but it’s here (actually for a few weeks now already - and new builds still coming up …) .. a new version of ReVision. As you probably noticed, I’m not blogging about every update that comes out, but this time I couldn’t resist. I wanted to share a few cool things.. .
Probably Microsoft isn’t aware of this, but NAV 7 pointed us in some directions that is very positive for the long run for our product, but also made us change the deep down framework quite heavily .. . To be short, NAV 7 is much “opener” (may be because it’s a beta, or may be because it just more related to .Net then ever…) then NAV 6 and older .. . Because of this, connecting and debugging ReVision on NAV 7 just gave us much more insight on how we should connect to it, and work with it .. and that made us change some stuff deep down the core, which didn’t only make ReVision much more stable, but also made it completely ready for NAV 7. And yes, I admit, we already have plans for 8 - being completely developed outside of NAV has its advantages :-).
Compare objects with last checked in Version
The compare has already been in it quite some time: compare DEV objects with TEST objects .. Compare default db with custom db .. It has been in there from the start, and it was just a matter of selecting the objects in the object designer of the “left” version, a right mouseclick on the ReVision log in the tray, and select the database of which you want to compare the objects with .. as simple as that. As result, you get a compare window of your favorite compare tool with the objects for you .. . And yes, when changing the objects, you are able to import and compile :-).
What has been added?
Well, we expanded this feature to the moment you would like to Check In your changes - who doesn’t want to look into all changes he has done on the moment he wants to check in? Well, now it’s just a button away: the compare buttons make sure you get a window with a comparison of all objects you want to compare. What did I do today?What did I change to solve this issue? …
Open Client and connect to DEV db from iFacto ReVision
This hasn’t got anything to do with Source Control or anything .. but it was so simple to foresee in the product so that we just did it. You all know the problems: you have “x” number of customers, working on build “y”, that’s installed on SQL Server or a native server, on location “z” … . Lots of parameters, but as a partner, something you have to take a hold on.
What if .. this is managed in a central way, one time, for all your developers and consultants in your company? I’m sure many of you also implemented something like that in your company.
Well, ReVision does it as well .. . We already had all the information in our configuration files, like you see here:
All we had to do, is get to know of all the exe’s that where on your local machine, identify the build, and make it possible to open the client with it.
Now, you can open any client that’s in the repository (which is managed by the administrators …). When someone adds a database to a repository, you will automatically have the link, and you’ll be able to open the client, with the right build and everything.
This is sooooooooooo nice. All I have to do when I start my work: open ReVision, select the repository and double click on the database :-).
Also for RTC Clients?
Sure! RTC clients are very build-aware .. more than classic. It’s possible to store the parameters for the RTC connection in ReVision, so you can open it (even without having that annoying shortcut-message all the time :-)) like this:
NAV is all about simplicity .. so that’s what ReVision should be all about as well :-).
The future looks bright
This is not all .. we have made significant changes to the TFS interop .. Which actually means we opened up a complete box of tools that is available now regarding TFS. Working with TFS workitems really seems something within our limits now .. .. and not only that. Just a few teasers - but more in the future: Mergetool.com Integration,
Mantis Integration, Plugin
abilities, … :-).
April 8th, 2012
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waldo |
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I’m happy to share that my MVP award has been renewed.. . This, in combination with some very exciting times ahead, is good news for me of course .. and therefor, I would like to say thanks to Microsoft to give me this award and the opportunities that comes with it. :-).
I just can promise that I’ll try to do my best to contribute to the community the same way like I have been doing in the past.
There is quite a lot on my agenda .. which I’ll share in the upcoming blogposts.
Thanks and stay tuned!
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April 2nd, 2012
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waldo |
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