One day you go into work, the work is difficult and boring.
The next day you can go into work and continue working on the same piece of work and it’s interesting, exciting and enjoyable.
The work stayed the same the difference was you and your approach to work.
This lead me to watch , a small pale blue dot from Carl Sagan
Quotes of the week
that IS the question: whether to float with the tide, or to swim for a goal. It is a choice we must all make consciously or unconsciously at one time in our lives.
Hunter S Thompson featured on Farnam Street blog
You can’t change the CRM SDK, you must change to use the CRM SDK to develop suitable customizations for the customers requirements – Hosk Quotes
“Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty.”
― William Archer
Article of the week
Getting started with CRM development
A great list of resources to get started with CRM development. There is a wealth of information available for CRM developers and this blog rounds up the Microsoft offerings.
I would add the list of top 25 CRM blogs to the list and the Microsoft Dynamic CRM forums
Not forgetting Hosk’s CRM Developer Articles
CRM
Why Should You Always Debug with the Plugin Registration Tool
I agree developers should use the plugin registration tool because it doesn’t stop any other developers on the system. There are other reason, read the article to find out
CRM Implementation and Deployment Best Practices
Interesting list of deployment best practices
Calculated and Rollup field limitation
A classic CRM gotcha you need to know about regarding calculated and rollup fields.
CRM Deployment Best Practices
Technet outline for further articles, provides a good framework for things you should have already thought about.
New Knowledge Management in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 release
Good new features, why has it taken so long?
Data Loader Service: Preview Feature for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online
Getting data into your CRM online instance can be pain. You should also read How to create realistic Test Data for your CRM Project and why you should
How to Integrate Microsoft Dynamics CRM
At the heart of CRM is data but what’s the best tool to use to import it
A Classic CRM debate – To use leads or not to use leads, that is the questions
I have had many a discussion with customers about leads, don’t discuss it
The pains of setting up a new CRM dev environment
Setting up CRM dev environments is something which has to be done
Dynamics CRM 2015 Workflow Tools
Useful free tools
CRM 2013 – using Entity.GetAttributeValue instead of Entity.Contains
Get rid of your if (entity.field != null) and use Entity.contains
A record count tool
counting records can be useful in scenarios of counting records.
Business Rules – Your Key to Programming Knowledge in MS Dynamics CRM
A great tool for non coders to create JavaScript like actions on your CRM forms.
Getting the CRM Developer toolkit working with Visual Studio 2013
With a few edits here and there you can get CRM Dev toolkit working with visual studio 2013 whilst we wait for Microsoft to make an official version
Javascript to set the current date and time
Set the current data and time using JavaScript.
{Customization and Scripting Tip} Workaround for showing some number fields without comma in Dynamics CRM
Good tip
Programmatically create folders and upload files in SharePoint Server 2013 through Plug-in/Workflow
Useful to have an example, SharePoint code needs a different way of thinking
programming
Javascript goes async
Satya Nadella Explains Why Microsoft Still Makes Hardware
An Ex-Microsoft Engineer’s Advice to Programmers: Learn How to Write
other
9 Learnings from 9 Years of Brain Pickings
How to tell a great story, visualized
The 8 causes of Plateaus
Tesla’s batteries to power two dozen Calif. office buildings
Hunter S. Thompson on Living versus Existing
Previous top picks
Hosk’s Top CRM Articles of the week – 13th October
Useful Hosk Links
Hosk list Of CRM 2013 Tools
A list and review of CRM 2013 tools, this will probably work in CRM 2015 as well
Hosk’s CRM Developer Articles
A collection of my favourite CRM Developer articles I have written
MB2-703 – CRM 2013 Customization and Configuration Certification Information
All the CRM 2013 content to help you pass the exam
HoskWisdom – Hosk Developer Quotes
Words of Wisdom from the Hosk. I have written over 900 articles, surely I should have said a few memorable things
Filed under: CRM 2011, Hosk’s Top CRM articles of the week
