generator-d365-ts-webresource

D365 TS WebResource Generator

This is a simple generator to create TypeScript-based Web Resources for Dynamics 365 inspired by Scott Durow's Building JavaScript Web Resources using TypeScript course.

I recommend it to everyone I know, you should definitely take a look into it as it covers a lot more stuff than I added in this generator, then again this is a work in progress and more stuff will be added in the future.

Getting Started

Installation

• Install Yeoman
• Install this generator
• Run the generator in the target folder

npm install -g yo
npm install -g yo generator-d365-ts-webresource
yo generator-d365-ts-webresource

Input

The generator will ask for

• Namespace: the recommended format is Company.Client.Project, but it's up to you
• Compiled Web Resource Name: clienthooks by default, you can change it to anything you like, it will always have the .js extension

What you get

You get a project scaffold for building WebResources:

📦my_app_root
┣ 📂src
┃ ┣ 📂Form
┃ ┃ ┗ 📜AccountForm.ts
┃ ┣ 📂Ribbon
┃ ┃ ┗ 📜AccountRibbon.ts
┃ ┣ 📂services
┃ ┃ ┣ 📜EnvVarUtils.ts
┃ ┃ ┗ 📜FlowUtils.ts
┃ ┗ 📜index.ts
┣ 📜.eslintrc.json
┣ 📜.gitignore
┣ 📜.prettierrc.json
┣ 📜package.json
┣ 📜tsconfig.json
┣ 📜webpack.common.js
┣ 📜webpack.dev.js
┗ 📜webpack.prod.js

There are some basic configuration settings for EsLint, Prettier, and the TypeScript compiler.

In the end we use webpack to bundle all into a single file.

The point of entry file is the src/index.ts, there are samples on how to implement specific functionality for Forms and Ribbons.

As a bonus, on the src/services folder there are 2 utilities that I use on almost all my projects to deal with Environment Variables and triggering flows from the front end.