Dynamics 365 Business Central Development Quick Start Guide: Modern development techniques for Dynamics 365 Business Central

Understanding the new Microsoft Extension model for development

Key Features

• Develop solutions for Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Orient yourself with the new Microsoft Extension model for development
• Learn modern ways to develop with Dynamics 365 Business Central

Book Description

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is the new SaaS ERP proposition from Microsoft. This latest version has many exciting features guaranteed to make your life easier. This book is an ideal guide to Dynamics 365 Business Central and will help you get started with implementing and designing solutions for real-world scenarios.

This book will take you through the fundamental topics for implementing solutions based on Dynamics 365 Business Central (on-premise and SaaS). We’ll see the core topics of the new development model (based on extensions) and we’ll see how to create applications with the new Microsoft ERP proposition.

The book begins by explaining the basics of Dynamics 365 Business Central and the Microsoft ERP proposition. We will then cover topics such as extensions, the new modern development model of Visual studio code, sandboxes, Docker, and many others.

By the end of the book, you will have learned how to debug and compile extensions and to deploy them to the cloud and on-premise.You will also have learned how to create serverless business processes for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

What you will learn

• Develop solutions for Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Create a sandbox for extensions development (local or on cloud)
• Use Docker with Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Create extensions for Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Handle dependencies, translations and reporting
• Deploy extensions on-premise and to the cloud
• Create serverless processes with Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Understand source code management for AL

Who this book is for

This book is for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central solution developers and architects that needs to implement solutions based on the Microsoft’s ERP (on-premise and SaaS).

Table of Contents

1. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Overview
2. The New Extension Model
3. Modern Development Environment Overview
4. Creating Your Development Sandbox
5. Developing an Extension with AL and VS Code
6. Deploying Extensions
7. Integration and Serverless Processing