20240318 - Automating Code Quality - A Guide to Using Custom Code Analysis for AL

Are you tired of spending hours reviewing pull requests, checking for coding conventions and identifying run-time errors? Do you want to improve the maintainability and transparency of your codebase? Look no further! This session is here to introduce you to the power of custom code analysis. We will cover the different tools and techniques available, how they can be integrated into the development workflow, and how they can automate tedious manual checks, improve code quality, and streamline pull request reviews. Attendees will learn how to customize these tools to match their specific conventions and improve their code quality and efficiency. Join me to learn how to take your Dynamics Business Central development to the next level.

Presenter: Tine Starič
Moderator: Luc van Vugt

00:04:42 - Session introduction
00:06:27 - Introduction Tine
00:07:15 - Agenda
00:08:30 - What is Code Analysis and why is it important?
00:10:37 - Existing solutions
00:15:41 - Creating custom linters in AL
-- 00:19:37 - Demo in Visual Studio
00:37:10 - Integrating with development workflows
00:38:38 - Linting use cases
-- 00:38:58 - Run-time errors
-- 00:44:13 - Maintainability improvements
-- 00:45:46 - Extensibility improvements
-- 00:46:55 - Readability improvements
-- 00:47:48 - Coding conventions
-- 00:48:11 - Nice-to-haves
00:49:16 - Conclusion
00:50:20 - Q & A