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### Getting Started
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### Getting Started
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#### "My First Month with GitHub Copilot for AL Development"
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#### "Vibe Coding — yes or no?" — Demiliani
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**Author**: Community Contributor
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**Author**: Demiliani
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**Published**: Example Date
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**Published**: 2025-08-21
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**Summary**: A developer's experience adopting GitHub Copilot for AL development, including lessons learned, productivity gains, and common pitfalls.
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**Summary**: A thoughtful exploration of the Vibe Coding approach and whether its rules and conventions help or hinder real-world AL development.
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**Key Takeaways**:
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**Key Takeaways**:
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- How to configure Copilot for optimal AL suggestions
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- Pros and cons of strict Vibe Coding rules
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- Prompting patterns that work well for AL
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- When to adopt vs. adapt guidance for your team
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- Mistakes to avoid when starting out
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- Practical examples and trade-offs
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**Link**: https://demiliani.com/2025/08/21/vibe-coding-yes-or-no/
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#### "Effective Prompting for Business Central Extensions"
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#### "Gestión de contexto y estados en servidores MCP" — TechSphere Dynamics
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**Author**: Community Contributor
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**Author**: TechSphere Dynamics
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**Published**: Example Date
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**Published**: 2025-08-15
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**Summary**: Deep dive into writing effective prompts specifically for AL and Business Central development scenarios.
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**Summary**: A Spanish-language deep dive into context handling and state management patterns for MCP servers, including practical patterns used in production systems.
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**Key Takeaways**:
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**Key Takeaways**:
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- AL-specific prompting patterns
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- Context lifecycle and state management strategies
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- How to provide context for better results
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- Common pitfalls when preserving or discarding context
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- Examples of before/after prompt improvements
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- Examples of robust MCP server patterns
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**Link**: https://techspheredynamics.com/2025/08/15/gestion-de-contexto-y-estados-en-servidores-mcp/
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#### "Testing GitHub Copilot: knowledge engineering — what actually works and what doesn't" — Nubimancy
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**Author**: Nubimancy
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**Published**: 2025-09-09
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**Summary**: An empirical look at how well GitHub Copilot handles knowledge-engineering tasks, with experiments and practical recommendations for prompt authors.
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**Key Takeaways**:
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- Which prompting patterns produce reliable results
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- When Copilot is prone to hallucination or brittle outputs
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- Strategies to validate and refine AI-suggested knowledge artifacts
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**Link**: https://nubimancy.com/2025/09/09/testing-github-copilot-knowledge-engineering-what-actually-works-and-what-doesnt/
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Each of these are just "great examples" from those blogs, so make sure to explore around!
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### Advanced Techniques
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### Advanced Techniques
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#### "Using AI to Modernize Legacy NAV Code"
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#### "Using AI to Modernize Legacy NAV Code"
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title: "Video Tutorials"
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title: "Video Tutorials"
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Video content demonstrating AI-assisted AL development techniques
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Curated videos demonstrating AI-assisted AL development techniques
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## Overview
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## Overview
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Visual learning resources showing AI coding assistants in action for Business Central development. These videos demonstrate real workflows, techniques, and best practices.
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Short, curated videos that show AI coding assistants in practical AL/Business Central workflows. The list below is a starting point — contribute more quality content via the contributing process.
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## Getting Started Videos
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## Curated Videos (starter list)
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### Introduction to AI Coding for AL
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1. "Vibe Coding: Yes or No?" — demiliani
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**Channel**: Community Channel
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- Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY5WfipEK8M
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**Duration**: ~15 minutes
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- Quick: discussion and viewpoints on the "vibe coding" approach when using AI assistants
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**Level**: Beginner
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**What You'll Learn**:
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2. "Gestion de Contexto y Estados en Servidores MCP" — techspheredynamics
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- Setting up GitHub Copilot for AL development
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- Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzEbaPw-E1o
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- First steps with AI assistance
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- Quick: context and state management patterns for MCP servers (Spanish)
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- Basic prompting techniques
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- Common mistakes to avoid
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**Topics Covered**:
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3. "Testing GitHub Copilot Knowledge Engineering" — nubimancy
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- Installation and configuration
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- Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8nFVw5M-Po
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- Writing your first AI-assisted AL code
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- Quick: experiments and lessons around prompting and knowledge engineering for Copilot
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- Understanding suggestions
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- Accepting and modifying completions
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4. "Live Feature Build with AI Assistance" — community live stream
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- Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP1UJNjTN7s
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- Quick: live coding session demonstrating end-to-end feature development with AI help
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### Configuring VS Code for Optimal AI Assistance
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**Channel**: Community Channel
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**Duration**: ~10 minutes
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**Level**: Beginner
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**What You'll Learn**:
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- VS Code settings for AL + AI
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- Workspace configuration
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- Extension setup
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- Optimizing for better suggestions
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## Technique Demonstrations
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### Effective Prompting for AL Development
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**Channel**: Community Channel
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**Duration**: ~20 minutes
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**Level**: Intermediate
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**Demonstrations**:
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- Writing clear, specific prompts
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- Providing context for better results
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- Iterative refinement
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- Prompt patterns that work for AL
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**Example Scenarios**:
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- Creating table extensions
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- Generating page code
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- Writing codeunit logic
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- Building API pages
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### Live Coding: Building a Feature with AI
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**Channel**: Community Channel
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**Duration**: ~30 minutes
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**Level**: Intermediate
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**Watch As**:
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- Complete feature built with AI assistance
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- Real-time problem solving
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- Code review and refinement
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- Testing and debugging
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**Feature Built**: Customer loyalty points system
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## Advanced Workflows
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### AI-Assisted Code Refactoring
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**Channel**: Community Channel
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**Duration**: ~25 minutes
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**Level**: Advanced
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**Demonstrations**:
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- Analyzing legacy code
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- Planning refactoring with AI
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- Executing transformations
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- Validating changes
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**Before/After**: Real code transformation examples
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### Adding Telemetry with AI Assistance
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**Duration**: ~20 minutes
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**Level**: Advanced
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**Step-by-Step**:
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- Planning telemetry strategy
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- Generating telemetry code
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- Creating custom dimensions
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- Testing telemetry output
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### Building Test Coverage with AI
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**Covers**:
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- Test planning with AI
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- Generating test codeunits
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- Creating test data
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- Running and debugging tests
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## Real-World Projects
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### Case Study: Migrating NAV to BC with AI
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**Duration**: ~45 minutes
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**Level**: Advanced
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**Complete Walkthrough**:
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- Project scope and planning
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- AI-assisted code conversion
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- Quality assurance
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**Metrics Shared**: Time savings, accuracy rates
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Listed videos meet these criteria:
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Most videos are in English, but we welcome content in other languages. Please indicate language in submissions.
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**Accessibility**:
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**Latest Additions**: Check back regularly for new videos
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**To Suggest Videos**: See [Contributing](../../../contributing) section
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## Placeholder Notice
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> **Note to Contributors**: This page uses example placeholders for community video resources. As actual video content about AI-assisted AL development is published, it should be added here with proper attribution and links. Please contribute by submitting pull requests with real resources that meet the quality criteria above.
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## Related Resources
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## Related Resources
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- [Blog Posts & Articles](../articles) - Written content
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- [Blog Posts & Articles](../articles)
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- [Tools & Extensions](../tools) - Development utilities
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- [Tools & Extensions](../tools)
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- [Discussions](../discussions) - Community conversations
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- [Getting Started](../../getting-started) - Foundational concepts
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