Development II in Microsoft Dynamics AX

Course details

This instructor-led course introduces students to the tools available in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 development environment.

Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Identify key features of developing with X++.
• Describe the basic foundation of object-oriented programming.
• Use the development tools available within Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
• Create object and data models from existing application elements by using the Reverse Engineering tool.
• Use best practices to instill good programming habits.
• Declare and use extended data types for variables.
• Use the various operators available in X++.
• Control program flow using conditional statements in X++.
• Repetitively call the same blocks of code by using Loop statements.
• Use standard functions that are built in to the application.
• Use output commands to display data and messages to the user.
• Use the classes within Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 X++ development.
• Control access to methods using Access Control Method Modifiers.
• Extend a class using the concept of inheritance.
• Describe the differences between an object and a class.
• Initialize variables in the appropriate place according to scoping rules.
• Call methods within the same class.
• Use the different method types available.
• Describe the similarities and differences between tables and classes.
• Use the eventing publisher and subscriber model when modifying code in the application.
• Retrieve data from the database using a select statement.
• Create, update and delete data in the database.
• Use and build queries using kernel classes.
• Examine the exception handling mechanism in Microsoft Dynamics AX.
• Use the Try, Catch, and Retry statements.
• Throw an exception from code.
• Identify and create code used to handle optimistic concurrency exceptions.
• Set permissions on application elements.
• Design and create security policies.
• Secure unsafe Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) using the Code Access Security framework.
• Authenticate data returned from display methods.

Prerequisites

Module

• Module 1: Introduction to X++This module introduces the students to the characteristics of X++.
• Module 2: X++ Control StatementsThis module explains how to use control statements in X++.
• Module 3: Classes and Objects
• Module 4: Accessing the DatabaseThis module explains how to develop modifications that interact with the database.
• Module 5: Exception Handling
• Module 6: Security for Developers