Mastering Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Discover extension development best practices,build advanced ERP integrations,and use DevOps tools
Authors: Stefano Demiliani – Duilio Tacconi
ISBN-10: 1789951259
ISBN-13: 9781789951257
Released: 2019-12-20
Print Length 页数: 770 pages
Book Description
A comprehensive guide on all-in-one business management solution that helps to grow your business
Dynamics 365 Business Central is all-in-one business management solution which is easy to adapt helping you connect your business and make smarter decisions. This book aims to be a complete guide for developing solutions with Microsoft ERP (on-premise and on-cloud). It covers all aspects of developing extensions with Visual Studio Code and AL language,from preparing a sandbox environment to deploy a complete solution.
The book starts with an introduction of the Dynamics 365 Business Central platform and the new Modern Development Environment. Then we introduce the concept of “sandbox” and we’ll see how to create sandboxes for development (local or on cloud). In the central part of this book,we’ll develop a complete advanced solution for Dynamics 365 Business Central with AL and Visual Studio Code. Then we’ll see how to debug and deploy the extension and how to write automatic testing.
We will cover also advanced topics like integration (with Azure Functions,web services and APIs),DevOps and CI/CD techniques,Machine Learning and we’ll see how to use Dynamics 365 Business Central with Office 365 apps like Flow and PowerApps.
The book ends with an “architectural” topic by analyzing the best ways of moving existing solutions to the new development model based on extensions.
What you will learn
Create a Sandbox environment with Dynamics 365 Business Central for development
Handle source control management when developing solutions for Dynamics 365 Business Central
Handle extension’s testing,debugging and deployment
Create real-world business processes by using Dynamics 365 Business Central and different Azure services
Integrate Dynamics 365 Business Central with external applications
Applying DevOps and CI/CD to Dynamics 365 Business Central development projects
Moving existing solutions to the new extension-based architecture
Contents
Preface
Section 1: Dynamics 365 Business Central -Platform Overview and the Basics of Modern Development
Chapter 1: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Overview
Chapter 2: Mastering a Modern Development Environment
Chapter 3: Online and Container-Based Sandboxes
Section 2: Developing Extensions for Dynamics 365 Business Central
Chapter 4: Extension Development Fundamentals
Chapter 5: Developing a Customized Solution for Dynamics 365 Business Central
Chapter 6: Advanced AL Development
Chapter 7: Report Development with AL
Section 3: Debugging,Testing,and Release Management(DevOps)
Chapter 8: Installing and Upgrading Extensions
Chapter 9: Debugging
Chapter 10: Automated Test Development with AL
Chapter 11: Source Control Management and DevOps with Business Central
Section 4: Advanced Integrations with Dynamics 365 Business Central
Chapter 12: Dynamics 365 Business Central APls
Chapter 13: Serverless Business Processes with Business Central and Azure
Chapter 14: Monitoring,Scaling,and Cl/CD with Azure Functions
Chapter 15: Business Central and Integration with the Power Platform
Section 5: Moving Solutions to the New Extension Model
Chapter 16: Integrating Machine Learning into Dynamics 365 Business Central
Chapter 17: Moving Existing ISV Solutions to the New Extension Model
Chapter 18: Useful and Proficient Tools for AL Developers
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