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Getting Started with Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Development

By : Alex Chow
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Getting Started with Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Development

By: Alex Chow

Overview of this book

So, your company has made the wise decision to use Dynamics NAV as its main business software for all its enterprise resource planning. Dive in and learn the ins and outs of the software from a development standpoint and unlock the software's full potential.The book will walk you through creating an application from start to finish. Once you know how to create a working application that users can access, you will have the knowledge and the resources needed to create other applications based on the tutorials covered in this guide.You will start by obtaining a free trial version of Dynamics NAV and then be introduced to the world of analyzing and deriving user problems into a requirements list. Finally, you will be shown how to use the software to knock out these requirements. You will learn everything you need in order to begin creating your own applications, from translating the user's requirements to creating and modifying your system applications. Use Dynamics NAV's capability to create an application and address the user's needs, while also learning best practices and simple solutions. "Getting Started with Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Development" will help you on your way to becoming a great developer!
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Getting Started with Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 2. Getting Familiar with Dynamics NAV 2013

"You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you." – Barbara Sher

After getting the software installed with the right licensing in place, it's time to explore the software. One of the key productivity enhancers in Dynamics NAV is the consistent user interface since its first release in Version 1.0. The user interface allows any user to handle work from other departments, if there's ever a need, without having to learn how to navigate within the particular module.

In addition to Windows Client, the developer will need to get familiar with the Development Environment as well. As mentioned in the previous chapter, the Development Environment is the place where the developer will create the applications for the users to interact with.

In this chapter, we will dive into navigating around both the Windows Client interface as well...