ALM Accelerator Sample Solution: Add Dataverse plugin example about coe-starter-kit HOT 11 CLOSED

@mikefactorial / @devkeydet : What is needed here? I'd like to understand more about using ALM Accelerator with compiled resources (plugins, CWAs, TypeScript webresource).

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We don't have examples of plugins and other code first components of the platform in our pipelines yet, but as you see it's on our backlog. The reason we haven't gotten to it is really two things:

1. This is something that's well understood and established in the broader Dynamics (yep, I am gonna say it for those that remember, aka XRM) community. Therefore, we prioritized getting working examples of the newer components of the platform working (canvas, flow, environment variables, connection references, etc.).
2. We don't currently use plugins in the CoE Starter Kit and have really, more thoroughly tested our pipelines using the solutions we build. We've also admittedly prioritized the stuff we use.

That's not to suggest we don't find this (and many other scenarios) important to work on, it's just been a matter of resourcing and prioritization. For now, have a look at my old project:
https://github.com/devkeydet/dyn365-ce-devops

There are examples there. You can, somewhat, think of this project as that old project "reborn" with a focus on the broader power platform, starting from the ground up attempting to do it all with Microsoft 1st party tools where possible. We still have a lot of work to do as you can see from our backlog. If this is a high priority for you, please upvote the original comment and ask all your friends in the community to as well. It helps us as we consider how to prioritize the work we do next.

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This would be a good topic to start in the discussions. I have some opinions on how I've done code first development in Power Platform in the past that I don't necessarily claim to be the "right way" but would be good to get a conversation going on it if you want to open it up with some specific questions to get the conversation started @filcole. As Marc mentioned this is an area where there are a lot of opinions and experience in the community.

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We're still trying to figure out our contribution model and get better at taking contributions. Maybe we can use this as a forcing function for you to help us figure out how to get this backlog item done faster through contribution?

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As part of the plugin work, when we release it, we need to ensure it is highlighting how to use the new dependent assemblies feature in our reference app and that build pipelines have been tested to support it. In our reference app, we should showcase both a plugin for a Custom API and end an event-based plugin.

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Thanks both @devkeydet and @mikefactorial. Yes, we're doing it already too, only outside of ALM Accelerator. I'll open a discussion.

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When we do have a plugin example, it will be using this Visual Studio extension:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=microsoft-IsvExpTools.PowerPlatformTools

One of our goals is to show how to use the tools shipped by Microsoft.

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Here is an example that hasn't been incorporated into the accelerator yet:
https://github.com/devkeydet/PrepareSelfContainedSolutionForExport
It will serve as the foundation to incorporate into the accelerator.

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How can I help?

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I was playing with the Power Platform Tools, and added a couple of the various templates that were available. It would be great to extend the sample plugin to include all the custom component templates that the pac cli includes, for example pcf, plugin, solution, etc.

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@devkeydet This has been fixed in the latest release. Please install the latest version of the toolkit following the instructions for installing updates. Note that if you do not remove the unmanaged layers as described there you will not receive updates from us.

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