NAV 2009 R2 introduces the ability to use .NET types natively from C/AL code.
Join this session to learn the following

• Basic types and getting familiar with .NET variables
• Using generics and overloaded methods
• Properties, Enums and Events
• Text types and streams
• Client Side, Server Side and mixing objects
• Deployment and Security considerations

Level: 300 - Advanced


Vjekoslav Babić

With the release of NAV 2009 SP1 testability features were added to the platform.
These features make it possible to automate most test scenarios. The obvious advantage
is that these scenarios can now be executed many times during a project (and beyond)
with little to no additional cost. However, just as application code, test code also
needs to be maintained. As test suites grow this maintenance may incur considerable
effort.

This session will briefly revisit the testability features and will then focus on
developing test automation that is maintainable, reusable, easy to understand, and has
good performance. The best-practices presented here, were learned at Microsoft during
the development of Application features for the 2009 SP1, R2 and upcoming NAV releases.

Level: 300 - Advanced


Bas Graaf

Transition from the Classic to RoleTailored Client can be accomplished in
many ways. One of the best ways to minimize testing and recoding is using
the Form Transformation available with NAV 2009 R2. Even if the newer
versions on NAV will not include the Classic Client is the Form
Transformation a tool that must be considered for every existing customer
using the Classic Client and upgrading to NAV 7 or later versions. With
short time spend on doing a quick transformation of a large percentage of
the forms can many days of recoding and testing be saved.

This session will show and explain what to concentrate about to accomplish a
fast result. It will also include a list gotcha’s to avoid when doing
transformation.

Level: 300 - Advanced


Per Mogensen

Would you like to do more successful products and projects? Are you interested in
turning your functionality into well-structured software that can be extended easily?
Do you care for a fresh approach at writing NAV code in the times of cloud computing
and three-tier architecture? – Then you should definitely read on and attend our
session on partner-ready software.

Partner-Ready Software is a concept and a methodology devised by Gary Winter (CEO
at agiles), Eric Wauters (Head of Development at iFacto, MVP, aka Waldo), and Mark
Brummel (author of Microsoft Dynamics NAV Application Design, MVP). Its goal is
simply to make NAV projects more profitable, and to turn NAV verticals into
volume-deal-enabled software.

The Partner-Ready Software concept spans from sales and marketing related topics, project
methodology and tools, right down to software architecture and questions of sustainable
development. Our initiative is supported by Lars Hammer (MS Principal Software Architect)
and the Microsoft EMEA product team.

In our session we will give you a brief overview of the PRS initiative, but – this being
NAV TechDays – will focus mainly on the code aspects of

• how to structure your code so that it becomes easily maintainable
• how to do object-oriented programming in a non object-oriented environment
• how to provide hook-ins that make your code extendable without messing it up
• what to do and what to better not do
• how to arrive at a software architecture that is coherent, transparent, and in
  keeping with the implementation and sales story
• how to engineer or re-engineer your code to give it a more app-like structure

Who should attend? – Senior developers and software architects, but also decision makers
for NAV-based products, and most definitely everybody who is interested in some fresh ideas
on NAV coding and NAV architecture.

Level: 300 - Advanced


 Eric Wauters              Gary Winter

NAV offers great opportunities for partners to provide a highly visual and interactive UI
for business data in the RoleTailored client of Dynamics NAV.
In this session we dive into the existing possibility, explore the building blocks, learn
from examples and take a peek into the near future of NAV.

Level: 300 - Advanced
Confidentiality Agreement required


Christian Abeln

Many developers, when moving from any comprehensive IDE, become flustered by the lack of tools that the Dynamics NAV environment delivers. Many of us do not know that there are many tools and tricks that can be used to make a developers life easier and we intend to explore these solutions.

Level: 300 - Advanced


Mark Brummel

Why do some people get all the breaks?

• Why do some people lead happy, successful lives while others face repeated failure and
  sadness?
• Why are some people always in the right place at the right time, while others are
  always unlucky?

For many years, Professor Wiseman has worked with some of the world’s luckiest and
unluckiest people to answer these fascinating questions.

Come to the talk and discover the results of his work. You’ll also find out how
The Luck Factor can change your life.

Richard Wiseman