Business Central Developer Training

Module 1: Introducing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

A brief history of the Microsoft Dynamics cloud-based ERP SMB product Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Architecture

On-premises versus cloud-based deployment

Infrastructure costs, maintenance, and availability

Security

Performances

Scalability

Upgrades

Customizations

User experience

Module 2: The New Extension Model 25 Traditional Microsoft Dynamics NAV customizations

Triggers versus Events

The new Extensions 2.0 model

Running C/SIDE and AL side by side

Scalable and SaaS-ready solutions

Module 3: Modern Development Environment Overview.

Characteristics and advantages of CSIDE

Characteristics and advantages of Visual Studio Code

Anatomy of Visual Studio Code workspace

Menu bar

View bar

Sidebar

Code editor

Status bar

Tips to work efficiently in Visual Studio Code

The AL Extension

Comparison of capabilities supported by CSIDE and Visual Studio Code

Getting started with AL language

Developing your first extension with AL language

HelloWorld.al sample

AL snippets

Creating our own snippets

Native AL source-code management with Git

Visual Studio Code support to Git

Module 4:

Manually creating a sandbox based on Docker

Steps for manually creating a locally hosted Dynamics 365 Business Central sandbox

Steps for manually creating an Azure Container Instance-based Dynamics 365 Business Central sandbox

Summary

Module 5: Developing an Extension with AL and VS Code.

Developing the extension

Creating the new tables

Creating the pages for the new tables

Extending standard Dynamics 365 Business Central objects (tables and pages)

Writing the custom business logic (Codeunit)

Handling translations with XLIFF files

Customizing the Headline

Developing a custom report for our extension

Extension dependency

Installing and upgrading codeunits

Module 6: Deploying Extensions. What does extension deployment mean?

Automatic deployment

Semi-automatic deployment

Publishing

Synchronizing

Installing

Manual deployment

AL debugger

AL CodeCop