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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

Web services

Web services are an industry standard software interface that allow software applications to interoperate by using standard interface specifications along with standard communications services and protocols. When Business Central publishes some web services, those functions can be accessed and utilized by properly programmed software residing anywhere on the web. This software does not need to be directly compatible with AL, or even .NET; it just needs to obey web services conventions and have security access to the Business Central web services.

Some benefits of Business Central web services are as follows:

  • Very simple to publish, that is, to expose a web service to a consuming program outside of Business Central
  • Provides managed access to Business Central data while respecting and enforcing the Business Central rules, logic, and design that already exist
  • Uses Windows Authentication and respects Business Central data constraints
  • Supports SSL (Secure Socket Layer)
  • Supports...