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xRMVirtual User Group!

Please join fellow Dynamics 365 MVP Chris Cognetta from Tribridge, a DXC technology company presenting Dynamics 365 Spring Release Business Edition. Learn about the new features, limitations and how it will impact your organization moving forward. In this open session, Chris will answer your questions live and on-demand. A great opportunity in case you missed the Spring Release Blitz. Please remember this is pre-release software and is subject to change.

TypeScript and Dynamics 365/CRM: Client-side coding done right

Coding and maintaining JavaScript for Dynamics CRM can be quite a hassle if you don’t have a way to manage it properly. Besides knowing how the client-side API works, it also relies on a lot of precise strings to accomplish anything meaningful in regard to the way the specific CRM system is set up.

However, by utilizing TypeScript and its many benefits, implementing client-side logic becomes an easy and fast task to accomplish.

This is where the TypeScript equivalent of CrmSvcUtil comes into the picture: a tool called XrmDefinitelyTyped. Instead of generating early-bound .NET classes for server-side code, it generates TypeScript interfaces for all your client-side coding needs.

Just like early-bound C# classes enable developers to quickly and confidently write custom server-side logic, these generated TypeScript interfaces enable developers to do so client-side as well. Interfaces are generated both for implementing form logic, but also for interacting with the OData endpoints in a type-safe manner (both the old REST endpoint and the new Web API).