NAV 2013 Development and Programming

ebitas

Hi;

For NAV 2013, what programming language do i need to be familiar with beside NAV C/AL code in Classic and RTC?

Thanks

Excepti0nal

The language is derived from Pascal I believe. If you do not know that language, C or C# I would say is closest. Are you just starting development?

einsTeIn.NET

Yes, C/AL seems to be some kind of Pascal mod. But I think he wants to know what else programming language he should know.

ebitas wrote:

beside NAV C/AL

And that depends on your task. NAV was able to use external code (created in different programming languages) since ages. In 2009 R2 it becomes much easier to use it and in 2013 even more. In my opinion there is no "need" to be familiar with another programming language. It could be of help but it could also lead to additional programming. First of all every NAV developer should know standard NAV functionality by heart. It's always easier to represent processes by existing functionalities or slight changes to existing functionalities instead of create new external solutions.

ebitas

Thanks Guys for your reply.
Yes I do know C/AL language, I was just trying to see if NAV 2013 RTC require the use of different Language beside C/AL, especially for creating and adding functionality to reports.

davmac1

The reports use VB, so a basic knowledge of VB will be helpful.

ebitas

Great. Thats what I needed to know..
Thank you so much David..

Luc_VanDyck

If you want to create Add-In's to be used in RTC, then C# is the language to look at

ebitas

Thanks Luc for the advice... I'll sure look into C# and get famelier with it..

Thanks again

Excepti0nal

+1 on C#, I use it all of the time for my web service integration

ebitas

Thanks. Any recommendation a book for C#?

Excepti0nal

Anything that does not have "Learn in 24 hours on it"! If you are just getting started with the language, you should check out http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/csharp/csharp.html. Then after that you can read a book to build on the foundation. I found a good C# book a while ago, I will see if I can dig up the name of it.

ebitas

Thanks.. I agree that the 24 hours learning books are kind of scam.. How can you learn a whole language in 24 hours??!!!
Thanks for the link and let me know if you find the book..

Thanks for your help..