Microsoft Dynamics Ax 2012 R3 Programming: Getting Started - Softcover

Buxton, Simon; Fergusson, Mat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782176012 ISBN 13: 9781782176015

Publisher: Packt Pub Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

A comprehensive guide to developing maintainable and extendable solutions with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3

About This Book

• Design and build software solutions quickly and efficiently, exceeding customer/user expectations
• Build well thought out data structures utilizing various key features of Dynamics AX
• Use this practical programming tutorial to create compelling user interfaces, allowing users to adopt them easily

Who This Book Is For

If you are a software developer new to Dynamics AX programming or an experienced developer migrating from an earlier version of Dynamics AX, this book is an ideal tutorial to help you avoid the common pitfalls and make the most of this advanced technology. This book is also useful if you are a solution architect or technical consultant, as it provides a deeper insight into the technology behind the solution.

What You Will Learn

• Acquaint yourself with the decision-making process to create robust technical solutions
• Design extendable data structures using appropriate technologies
• Create code that is reusable from the start, and avoid time-consuming code refactoring
• Understand how and why form logic is separated into interaction classes
• Create code that is extendable by other parties, without modifying your code
• Understand the importance of using patterns and frameworks
• Test and debug your code to check functionality and performance efficiency

In Detail

Due to its interesting capabilities such as finance and supply chain management, business intelligence and reporting, project management, and so on, Microsoft Dynamics is one of the most widely used solutions adopted by many organizations across the globe. This book is a step-by-step tutorial that covers elements from the initial design through to development. Each concept is fully explained and demonstrated by the creation of a real-world project. You will learn some really useful, advanced development techniques such as extending your code with metadata and exception handling.

This book is an invaluable tutorial if you are moving from another ERP system or language, or if you are a technical consultant with a desire to create efficient functional designs and business solutions.

About this title

About the Author:

Simon Buxton

Simon Buxton has worked with Dynamics AX since its earliest incarnations, starting out as a consultant and developer in early 1999 when Dynamics AX was known as Damgaard Axapta 1.5. Simon quickly became a team leader at Columbus IT Partners and carried out one of the first AX implementations in the UK before joining a new reseller, Sense Enterprise Solutions, as its technical director. Sense Enterprise Solutions enjoyed a global reach through the AxPact alliance and Simon was placed as AxPact's technical lead. Simon played a major role in expanding the company to become a successful Microsoft partner and was the technical lead on a number of highly challenging technical projects around the world, from the UK, to Bahrain, to the USA. These projects included developing solutions for third-party logistics, multichannel retail, and eventually developing an animal feed vertical, as well as integrating Dynamics AX into production control systems, government gateways, and e-commerce solutions, among others. Sense Enterprise Solutions was sold to a major PLC and since then, Simon has teamed up with Binary Consultants as their technical architect, where he works with some of the most technically able AX and Microsoft .NET professionals in Europe. Binary Consultants are involved in the implementation, upgrade, and support of Microsoft Dynamics AX, the development of add-ons for AX 2012 and AX 7 (under the name Axponents), and vertical solutions in animal feed. Simon was the author of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 Administration Cookbook, published in 2013, by Packt Publishing, and was a reviewer on Implementing Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 with Sure Step 2012, which was published by Packt Publishing in March 2013.

About this edition

• Publisher: Packt Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1782176012
• ISBN 13: 9781782176015
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 478