Tip: List-Commits
function List-Commits { cd 'C:Git' $Commits = @() Get-ChildItem . -Directory | % { cd "$_" if (Test-Path (Join-Path (Get-Location) '.git')) { $Commits += git log --format="$($_)~%h~%ai~%s~%an" |…
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Part 3: (Slightly) More Elegant Error Handling in Business Central
Intro This is a continuation of a series of posts started around a year ago – you can find the old posts here if you are interested. Briefly,…
Tip: Remove-BranchesWithUpstreamGone
Wait, I Thought I Deleted That Branch? One of the things that I found counter-intuitive when I was getting started with Git is that when branches are deleted…
Is GitHub Copilot Any Good for Business Central Development?
TL;DR No. At least, not yet. Maybe later. But even then, maybe not. Intro For now this is necessarily a simple, first impressions post about GitHub Copilot. I’ve…
Test Explorer in Visual Studio Code
The July 2021 release of Visual Studio Code (1.59) introduced a new testing API and Test Explorer UI. From v0.6.0 this API is used by AL Test Runner.…
Using Code Coverage in Business Central Development
Intro Sample code coverage summary In the latest version of AL Test Runner I’ve added an overall percentage code coverage and totals for number of lines hit and…
Get Errors from a Docker Container Event Log
“You cannot sign in due to a technical issue. Contact your system administrator.” Business Central Terrific. This is in a local Docker container, so I am the system…
Show Table Data from AL Test Runner
Why? If you are writing Business Central automated tests then you are probably creating some data as part of those tests. Sometimes it can be useful to see…
Increase ODataServicesOperationTimeout for Longer Debugging
TL;DR Invoke-ScriptInBCContainer [container name] {Set-NavServerConfiguration bc -KeyName ODataServicesOperationTimeout -KeyValue 00:20:00 -ApplyTo All} Timeout Error If you use AL Test Runner to debug your tests then you are using…
Upgrade Your StrMenus to Confirmation Pages
Exhibit A: StrMenu when posting a sales document Prompting the User Sometimes we want to ask users to make a decision before executing some business logic. Often we…