Comment Feed for Channel 9 - Peter Villadsen and Gustavo Plancarte: X++ to MSIL http://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/previewImages/100/488755_100x75.jpg Channel 9 - Peter Villadsen and Gustavo Plancarte: X++ to MSIL Dynamics Program Manager Peter Villadsen and Software Developer Gustavo Plancarte teach us about a new tool they've developed that translates X++ byte code into MSIL. We learn a lot of history along the way and gain insights into the process of taking X++ into the .NET age.Microsoft Dynamics features a proprietary language called X++ (basically a superset of Java, with some strong data primitives added) and a complete stack (compiler, interpreter and debugger) that goes with it. The new feature Peter and team have developed is a tool to generate managed code from the X++ intermediate language produced by the X++ compiler. This will have profound impact on the performance of the business applications written in X++, and it very clearly points to where they'll be going in the next few releases of Dynamics Ax.Tune in. en Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:33:29 GMT Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:33:29 GMT Rev9 Re: Peter Villadsen and Gustavo Plancarte: X++ to MSIL J#+ or J-sharper? Big Smile

posted by ecofriend

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c633874230110000000 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:30:11 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c633874230110000000 ecofriend Re: Peter Villadsen and Gustavo Plancarte: X++ to MSIL Nice way of handling the transition from X++ to MSI - good thinking...

posted by Klaus Enevoldsen

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c633874756190000000 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:06:59 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c633874756190000000 Klaus Enevoldsen Re: Peter Villadsen and Gustavo Plancarte: X++ to MSIL I would assume that this is going to be for the "server" code. Or are you also looking at the ability to move the FORMS to IL?

posted by FrickMystr

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c633875938100000000 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:56:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c633875938100000000 FrickMystr Re: Peter Villadsen and Gustavo Plancarte: X++ to MSIL Interesting.....

posted by DynamicsAX

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c633904935610000000 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:26:01 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c633904935610000000 DynamicsAX Re: Peter Villadsen and Gustavo Plancarte: X++ to MSIL I think it's very good Idea. I don't know why, but I feel it has more hidden obstcales. Like Forms and Reports. Eventually I wish it successed.

posted by m_anass

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c633912013060000000 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:01:46 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c633912013060000000 m_anass Re: Peter Villadsen and Gustavo Plancarte: X++ to MSIL I think you are right mate, they wold probably favour dropping the proprietary X++ AX reports in favour of SSRS but as for the forms, at some level the forms are classes that implement a windows object so it shouldn’t be too difficult.

posted by msaxapta

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c633918468640000000 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:21:04 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c633918468640000000 msaxapta Re: Peter Villadsen and Gustavo Plancarte: X++ to MSIL  

Have you got an approximative time line of when X++ will be completely dropped out ?

5 years? 10 years ?

 

Where can I find a (technical) platform transformation roadmap for AX ?

 

Best Regards from France,

Tarek Demiati

 

A Freelance Dynamics NAV, interested by what AX has got to offer

posted by Sun Softworks

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c633929457380000000 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:35:38 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c633929457380000000 Sun Softworks Re: Peter Villadsen and Gustavo Plancarte: X++ to MSIL Why is the approach taken to de-integrate everything in Ax? It's strongest point is the fact that you have a single tool-set for everything and now the direction seems to be moving away from that. When you rely on other tools (eg SSRS) you're effectively introducing a new system and interface, and there will always be a disconnect between the two. Is it just to incorporate as many technologies as possible as opposed to actually improving developer productivity? I am honestly, yet to hear a solid technical argument for this approach as opposed to marketing based 'xxx is the future'. The day-to-day issues that come up with installing all of these systems (SSRS, Sharepoint, EP) and the problems that occur from differing versions/service packs/etc are constant and very frustrating. And at this point (V2009) the tools and integration are not as solid or reliable as one would hope. In terms of 'dropping X++ reports' - I shudder to think what the SSRS implementation of something like financial statements or the highly procedural/configurable reports would be like.

 

 I'm generally interested in the overall approach and reasoning as this is my day-to-day work.

posted by getyaboogieon

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c633965675270000000 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:38:47 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c633965675270000000 getyaboogieon Re: Peter Villadsen and Gustavo Plancarte: X++ to MSIL Where to find the XML add-in?

posted by Max Mackmillian

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c634030390580000000 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:17:38 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c634030390580000000 Max Mackmillian Re: Peter Villadsen and Gustavo Plancarte: X++ to MSIL I agree with you. Ever since new techonologies were introduced into AX (SSRS, SharePoint ... etc) and I'm struggling with every installation to just make them work, let alone enhancing or customizing them. Our customers are yet to make the full benefit of these "good-looking" features. I'm by no means underestimating the prospects they'd bring and the possibilities they might open, however, the challenges they entail could put some partners in a not so comfortable situation (e.g. not having enough resources to implement and customize these technologies).

 

If we look at how workflow has been integrated with AX we can get a good example of what would "feel" best for developers. But in the way things are going, the meaning of an AX developer will change from a person who knows the best of X++ and MorphX to a person who knows a bit about AX and other bits from a bunch of technologies and tools integrated with AX.

posted by FitFit

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c634062997370000000 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:02:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Peter-Villadsen-and-Gustavo-Plancarte-Inside-Ax-Translator-X-to-MSIL#c634062997370000000 FitFit