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You're reading from Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV Hone your skills and increase your productivity when programming in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786468192

Length 706 pages

Edition 5th Edition

Languages

C/AL

Tools

Dynamics NAV

Concepts

Enterprise Resource Planning

Authors (3):

Marije Brummel

David Studebaker

Christopher D. Studebaker

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to NAV 2017

2. Tables FREE CHAPTER

3. Data Types and Fields

4. Pages - the Interactive Interface

5. Queries and Reports

6. Introduction to C/SIDE and C/AL

7. Intermediate C/AL

8. Advanced NAV Development Tools

9. Successful Conclusions

Understanding C/SIDE

With a few exceptions, all of the development for NAV 2017 applications takes place within the C/SIDE environment. Exceptions include use of Visual Studio (or SQL Server Report Builder) for reporting as we saw in Chapter 5, Queries and Reports, plus the work we may do in a .NET language to create compatible add-ins. While it is possible, development using a text editor is only appropriate for special cases of modifications to existing objects by an advanced developer.

As an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), C/SIDE provides us with a reasonably full set of tools for our C/AL development work. While C/SIDE is not nearly as fully featured as Microsoft's Visual Studio, it is not intended to be a general-purpose one size fits all development toolkit. Most importantly, C/SIDE and C/AL are designed for NAV- compatible business application software development with many features and...

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Authors (3)

Marije Brummel

Marije Brummel is a coach, author, programmer, consultant, project manager, presenter, evangelist, and a trainer. Marije has received the Microsoft MVP and the NAVUG All-Star awards, among several other awards. She has chaired the Microsoft Dynamics Credentialing committee and has authored official Microsoft Exam materials. She's the go-to girl for performance troubleshooting and upgrade challenges. One of her biggest achievements was introducing Design Patterns into the Business Central community. Her books, blog articles, and YouTube videos have influenced almost everyone involved with Business Central. She is a mother of five, enjoys the outdoors with her dog and loves spending time with her family.

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Christopher D. Studebaker

Chris Studebaker was a certified environmental consultant working with manufacturing facilities to meet national and state regulations before he started working with Business Central (then known as Navision) in 1999. After working on regulatory reporting, data analysis, project management, and subcontractor oversight, Chris has used those skills to sell, develop, and implement Business Central for more than 25 years. He has specialized in retail, manufacturing, job shop, and distribution implementations, mostly in high-user-count, high-data-volume applications. Chris serves as a technical consultant and trainer for customers and fellow Business Central professionals. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from Northern Illinois University and has done graduate work at Denmark Technical University.

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David Studebaker

David Studebaker has been designing and developing software since 1962 as a developer, consultant, manager, and business owner. In 1967, David co-authored the first general-purpose SPOOL system, an AT&T/IBM joint project. He has been a founding partner in several firms, most recently Studebaker Technology and Liberty Grove Software. David's publications include a decade of technical reviews for ACM Computing Reviews and a number of articles on shop floor data collection. David originated the Packt series of books on programming Microsoft Dynamics Business Central (aka Dynamics NAV). He holds a BS in mechanical engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a life member of the Association for Computing Machinery.

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