The first article from my new youtube channel is here (if you want to find out why I have decided to start my own youtube channel, see here)! This is the very first video for beginners – how to create a new AL project.
In this video, we will look at how to create a new AL project in Visual Studio Code, the core setting files in every project (app.json, launch.json) and what needs to be set up able to publish an extension to your own Business Central instance.
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