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title: "ALGuidelines.dev"
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description: "Design Patterns and Guidelines for AL development for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central"
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Guidelines and Patterns<br />
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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
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A "Design Pattern" is a software design template to solve common development needs.
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<h4 class="section-text-bold">Repeatability</h4>
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By using consistent patterns and best practices, code is far more reusable across diverse projects.
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If all code uses design patterns and best practices, it's simpler for new team members to ensure
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Many design patterns and best practices are also heavily focused on ensuring compliance with
the latest performance recommendations to get the most out of every system.
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Vibe Coding for AL
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AI-optimized coding rules and guidelines designed to enhance the AL developer experience in modern AI-powered IDEs like VS Code and Cursor.
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API
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Two API Related Design Patterns and one Best Practice for working with API's
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Event Bridge
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In the world of interfaces, it is important to preserve (certain) events over multiple implementation of the interface.
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