mdAL Demo Project

This repository contains a demo project showcasing the features of mdAL. mdAL is a Domain Specific Language that enables a Model-Driven approach to extension module development for the ERP System Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. mdAL stands for model-driven AL.

❗ Please note that mdAL currently is targeting Business Central 16 and later.

Try now

Try mdAL with this demo project inside the online IDE Gitpod. For more information on mdAL visit mdal-lang.github.io.

Contents

This repository holds the following contents:

• src/seminar-management.mdal: This mdAL model file defines an AL solution for seminar management (cf. Microsoft official training material: Course 80437 — C/SIDE Solution Development in Microsoft Dynamics® NAV 2013). Once opening this file inside VS Code with the mdAL VS Code extension installed you can generate the corresponding AL code by right-clicking inside the model file or using the command palette. After the code generator finished you will find the AL code in the src-gen folder. For more information on the features of the mdAL extension visit the mdal-lang/mdal-extension repository.
• .github/workflows/build.yml: This GitHub Actions workflow file showcases how mdAL can be used inside a CI/CD pipeline. In this project the mdAL Action has been used to provide standalone AL code generation. On other CI environments you can also use the mdal/cli docker image in order to call the code generator from the command line.

This project is complemented by the repository mdal-lang/mdal-demo-extension which adds e. g. customizations to the generated posting routines through event subscribers.

License

MIT (c) Jonathan Neugebauer