Visual Studio Code is a code-centric tool that supports, out of the box, a wide variety of languages, providing coding features such as syntax colorization, delimiter matching, code block folding, multiple cursors, code snippets, IntelliSense, and so much more.
By installing the AL Language extension, this modern development environment is fully set up as an app playground for beginner and skilled developers. We have unleashed some tips and tricks in this chapter that enable you to be proficient in the developer's daily work of creating modern apps for Dynamics 365 Business Central.
We then moved on to learn about the powerful coding features that this modern development environment offers. After all of this, it is time to see the AL Language in action throughout this book. But before moving to structured and advanced extension development, it is important to understand...