Peter Villadsen and Gustavo Plancarte: X++ to MSIL

Posted By: Charles | Sep 1st @ 9:27 AM | 46,841 Views | 7 Comments
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.

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#Sep 2nd @ 1:06 AM
Klaus Enevoldsen
Klaus Enevoldsen
Development has never been easier nor more complicated...

Nice way of handling the transition from X++ to MSI - good thinking...

#Sep 3rd @ 9:56 AM
FrickMystr
FrickMystr

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?

#Oct 6th @ 11:26 PM
DynamicsAX
DynamicsAX
DAXGUY

Interesting.....

#Oct 15th @ 4:01 AM
m_anass
m_anass

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.

#Oct 22nd @ 3:20 PM
msaxapta
msaxapta

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.

#Nov 4th @ 7:33 AM
Sun Softworks
Sun Softworks

 

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

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