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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition

By : Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker
Book Image

Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition

By: Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a full ERP business solution suite with a robust set of development tools to support customization and enhancement. These tools can be used to tailor Business Central's in-built applications to support complete management functions for finance, supply chain, manufacturing, and operations. Using a case study approach, this book will introduce you to Dynamics 365 Business Central and Visual Studio Code development tools to help you become a productive Business Central developer. You'll also learn how to evaluate a product's development capabilities and manage Business Central-based development and implementation. You'll explore application structure, the construction of and uses for each object type, and how it all fits together to build apps that meet special business requirements. By the end of this book, you'll understand how to design and develop high-quality software using the Visual Studio Code development environment, the AL language paired with the improved editor, patterns, and features.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Successful Conclusions

Summary

In this chapter, we covered some basic definitions of terms related to Business Central and Visual Studio Code. We followed with an introduction to the 11 Business Central objects types (tables, table extensions, pages, page extensions, page customizations, profiles, reports, codeunits, queries, control add-ins, and XMLports). We introduced table, page, and report creation through review and hands-on use, and began a Business Central application for the programming management of the Radio Show WTDU. Finally, we looked briefly at the tools that we use to integrate with external entities and discussed how different types of backups and documentation are handled in Visual Studio Code. Now that we have covered the basics, we will dive into the detail of the primary object types in the next few chapters.

In the next chapter, we will focus on tables: the foundation of any Business Central system.