Extend Microsoft Business Central with custom functionality using the AL language in Visual Studio Code, guided by practical examples, expert insights, and real-world use cases

Key Features

Work with the new additions to the AL Language, Visual Studio Code, and Business Central
Enhance your AL programming skills through real-world examples and best practices curated by industry experts
Implement updated best practices for development to build efficient, reliable, and maintainable extensions
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Book Description

Business Central opens a world of endless possibilities for custom business logic and functionality through extensions and customizations. For beginners in the AL language, navigating the vast landscape can feel overwhelming. It's challenging to know where to start and what's essential to learn. This updated edition offers a concise and well-organized guide, featuring hands-on exercises to support a successful learning journey. You'll get to grips with the basics of Business Central and how to create your first Visual Studio Code project with the AL language. As you learn about the table data structure, simple and complex data types, relationships, validation, and data flow, you'll be able to add and extend tables to your project. Progressively, you'll uncover the intricacies of user interfaces with pages, create advanced Excel report layouts, and harness the power of data queries. Immersing yourself in the AL language syntax, you'll start with variables, methods, procedures, and statements. You'll explore advanced topics to create business logic such as FlowFields, filtering, CRUD methods, interactions between object types, and different API interfaces that can be created using the AL language. By the end of this book, you'll be equipped to build fully featured, robust extensions and custom capabilities for Business Central.

What you will learn

Set up your first AL development environment with Visual Studio Code
Understand the data structure and flow of Business Central
Design, build, and extend Table, Page, Report, Codeunit, Query, and XMLport objects in Business Central
Develop AL code for business logic and data manipulation in Visual Studio Code
Use Excel layouts to report Business Central data
Integrate Business Central with external systems using API web services
Implement multi-language in your own extension
Debug and troubleshoot Business Central applications

Who this book is for

This book is for anyone who wants to learn about Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central's powerful and extensive development capabilities. ERP consultants and managers of Business Central development will also find this book helpful. Although you aren't expected to have previously worked with Microsoft Dynamics Business Central, having a basic understanding of programming and familiarity with business applications software will help you understand the concepts covered in this book.

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Yes, you can access Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central by Marije Brummel,Natalie Karolak,Christopher D. Studebaker,David Studebaker in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Computer Science & Business Intelligence. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.