Chapter 8. Advanced NAV Development Tools
"Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity." | ||
| --David Gelernter | ||
"Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else." | ||
| --Fred Rogers | ||
Because NAV is extremely flexible and suitable for addressing many problem types, there are a lot of choices for advanced NAV topics. We'll try to cover those which will be most helpful in the effort of putting together a complete implementation.
First, we will review the overall structure of NAV as an application software system, aiming for a basic understanding of the process flow of the system along with some of the utility functions built into the standard product. Before designing modifications for NAV, it is important to have a good understanding of the structural "style"...
