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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

You're reading from   Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Build customized business applications with the latest tools in Dynamics 365 Business Central

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789137798
Length 536 pages
Edition 6th Edition
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Christopher D. Studebaker Christopher D. Studebaker
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David Studebaker David Studebaker
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Business Central FREE CHAPTER 2. Tables 3. Data Types and Fields 4. Pages - The Interactive Interface 5. Queries and Reports 6. Introduction to AL 7. Intermediate AL 8. Advanced AL Development Tools 9. Successful Conclusions 10. Assessments 11. Other Books You May Enjoy
Introduction to AL
"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute."
– Harold Abelson and Julie Sussman
"The details are not the details. They make the design."
– Charles Eames

So far, we have reviewed the basic objects of Business Central, such as tables, data fields, pages, queries, and reports. For each of these, we reviewed triggers in various areas, the purpose of which are to be containers for AL code. When triggers are fired (invoked), the AL code within is executed.

In this chapter, you'll start learning the AL programming language, though many of the things we will cover you should already know about from your experience programming in other languages. Some of the basic AL syntax and procedure definitions can be found in the Business Central help, as well as in Microsoft Docs for Microsoft...

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