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Advice needed: Switching to AL-GO Github?

joosthegerjoostheger Member Posts: 7
edited 2025-06-06 in NAV Three Tier
Hello all,

A year ago, we started working with BC using Azure Devops and VS Code. Last week i've viewed some interesing dev blogs of the AL-Go team. At first sight, it looks promising. Should we consider switching to AL-Go?

The mayor drawback of using Azure Devops, is that we would like to do automatic unit testing, but we're using an cloud environment. We did't succees yet making it work properly.

We have currently only one extension we're working on, but planning on doing more.

Any advise?

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  • SanderDkSanderDk Member Posts: 507
    I would encorage you to consider it, about 2 years ago we switch from Azure Devops to AL-Go For GitHub and it have made life much easiere.


    We were using a homemade devops pipeline, and we need to not handled that internally, but if you want to say with Azure devops, then you can have a look a ALOps or Cosmo alpaca.

    For help, do not use PM, use forum instead, perhaps other people have the same question, or better answers.
  • joosthegerjoostheger Member Posts: 7
    Hi Sander, Thanks for your advise! Would there be any reason to stay with Azure Devops? Other than the hassle of migrating?
  • SanderDkSanderDk Member Posts: 507
    Hi @joostheger,
    If you're using some of the project management features in Azure DevOps, it's worth comparing them to what GitHub offers (e.g., Azure Boards vs. GitHub Projects or Azure Testplan ). Azure DevOps is generally more comprehensive in those areas.

    If you are "just" hosting a repo, then I would still test both AL-Go for Github, ALOps (https://www.alops.be/) and COSMO Alpaca (https://www.cosmoconsult.com/en/solutions/products/cosmo-alpaca).

    Depending on your license (as a Microsoft partner, you may be eligible for free or discounted use of Azure DevOps, depending on your company size), pricing can vary. GitHub has a different pricing model.

    Currently, our company is using GitHub Team as a minimum, and we're considering upgrading to GitHub Enterprise for security reasons.

    For our needs, AL-Go turned out to be a great fit! :smiley:

    For help, do not use PM, use forum instead, perhaps other people have the same question, or better answers.
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