Begin Programming in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Install business central on docker desktop to create a local on-premises environment for practicing course exercises, then configure hyper-v, windows containers, and bcc container to log in via web client.

Increase the artifact download timeout in BC container helper config to prevent docker container creation timeouts, then run the script and log in to the Business Central environment.

Install Visual Studio Code, add AL extensions, configure launch.json, ensure the Docker container is running, download symbols, and publish a Hello World project to Business Central on-prem.

Learn an alternative on premise installation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central using the installation kit, configuring server, credentials, and deployment with Visual Studio Code.

Publish to an online production environment by uploading the packaged app file via the extension management page, then deploy and verify completion on the extension installation status page.

Explore the app.json file in a business central project, learning its metadata, IDs, ranges, dependencies, and runtime requirements, and manage installed extensions from the extension management page.

Explore the object browser in AL to view standard and custom objects across packages, read table fields, page structures, and reports, and extend behavior with events and extension objects.

Explore how code snippets in AL accelerate development by generating table, page, and procedure patterns using standard and Waldo extensions to build and customize objects.

Learn to fetch specific records in AL with the GET function, from the customer table to multi-field sales header keys, using IF THEN and message outputs.

Analyze table types by functional use in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, including master, supplemental, subsidiary, setup, document, document history, journal, ledger, and register tables, for reliable data design.

Explore table triggers in Dynamics 365 Business Central, including on insert, modify, rename, and delete. See field triggers like on validate and on lookup.

Explore the most common page types in Business Central, including list, card, and worksheet. Learn about document control center, roll center, and factbox roles.

Explore page triggers in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, including onopen, onaftergetrecord, onaftergetcurrentrecord, onqueryclosepage, and onclosepage, to tailor visibility and page display.

Create a flow field that counts related sales lines and display it on the sales order page. Flow fields compute outputs without storing data and update automatically when data changes.

Create a sum flow field in the header table extension to total unit prices from sales lines, with document type/number filters, then deploy and verify on the sales order page.

Create an exist flow field named sales line exist, check for sales lines by document type and number, and display yes or no on the sales order page.

Create a lookup flow field with text data type to fetch the contact email from the contact table via a relationship, then deploy and verify on the sales order card.

Learn to use the calc fields function to calculate a flow field inside code. Display its name and value, and publish changes so the correct line count appears.

Create customized views on list pages by adding a blocked boolean field to the cart and configuring Active Cars (not blocked) and Blocked Cars filters.

Learn to add custom actions to a Business Central page using a page extension and actions layout, with run object or run page link to open related records or reports.

Promote frequently used actions by adding action refs to the promoted action group on the item card page, reflecting the 2022 release wave two change and increasing discoverability and efficiency.

Build a student registration project in Business Central. Create a source table and list page with student code, student name, registration date, completed, and add a mark as completed action.

Explore report triggers in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central by counting sales headers and lines using on pre report, on post report, on pre data item, and on after getrecord.

Create a simple word layout report in Visual Studio for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, defining a dataset with customer name, location, and balance and mapping data items to fields.

Learn how processing only reports run in the background without visible output. Create a simple example with a sales line extension and a processing only report that updates the field.

Create AL queries in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to retrieve and aggregate data across tables, linking customers to sales headers, and compute total and average orders.

Learn to use queries to load data into a page with a temporary source, building a buffer table, and displaying results from the query.

Learn to build a word report from the student registration table, deploy it in Business Central, and add a list action to view the report output.

Explore how namespaces organize AL code into logical groups and control visibility, and learn how the using statement extends access to objects across namespaces in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Create a custom json ruleset to override overflow and unused procedure warnings in a Dynamics 365 Business Central project, activate it in settings, and enforce errors for cleaner, consistent code.

Learn to implement page background tasks in Business Central, running asynchronous, read-only computations on a page with a code unit, dictionary parameters, and completion or error triggers.

Create a custom api page in Business Central on-prem and perform crud operations on the car table via Postman, exposing odata endpoints for external applications.

Register an Azure app, obtain an OAuth 2.0 token, and call a custom API page in a Business Central sandbox using Postman and VS Code.

Merge business central with azure functions by creating a dotnet http triggered function app, deploying via Visual Studio Code, and calling it from AL to reverse a name.

Advance your Business Central development skills by exploring event-driven programming, app lifecycle management, environment configuration, debugging tools, and telemetry to monitor performance.