Prompts are markdown files that are used by GitHub Copilot to assist in common development tasks. Instead of having to type out the same instructions, you can pull prompts into your chat to reuse the logic and speed up your development workflow.
Let’s talk about how we can create our own custom reusable prompts for GitHub Copilot!
Read More » GitHub Copilot is more than a fancy auto-complete, as it offers multiple chat modes that empower developers to interact with their code in natural language to streamline development. Whether you need quick answers, automated refactoring, structured planning, or autonomous multi-step execution, Copilot’s chat modes provide tailored solutions for every stage of your development process. This playbook will guide you through each mode, illustrating how to leverage them effectively to boost productivity and maintain coding flow.
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Have you ever wondered which apps are listening to specific events in Business Central? Or maybe you’re troubleshooting why something is behaving unexpectedly. There is a hidden page that is going to change your debugging style…
Read More » In the ever-evolving world of software development, staying ahead of the curve is crucial. One of the latest tools making waves in the industry is GitHub Copilot, an AI-powered coding assistant developed by GitHub and OpenAI. This innovative tool is designed to boost productivity, improve code quality, and foster innovation among developers. I have been diving deep into settings, use cases, instructions and prompt generation for the past couple of months, and am very excited about the progress being made. If you are not already “pair programming” with GitHub Copilot, I urge you get a license and start dive into the world of AI-enabled programming. It has completely changed not only my workstream, but my understanding on many different coding principles. This is going to be the beginning of a series of ongoing blog posts to help support you in your GitHub Copilot development journey.
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Have you used the AZ AL Dev Tools New AL File Wizard to create objects? It’s probably as fast as my cats running into the kitchen when they hear the pantry door open. Quick, efficient, and surprisingly satisfying.
But speed isn’t everything, especially when it comes to creating pages in AL for Business Central. If you’re not careful, that lightening-fast setup can lead to subtle issues that only show up later when your page doesn’t behave quite the way you expect. One of the most overlooked culprits? Field Order.
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Queries are powerful tools for data analysis within Business Central, allowing us to perform a range of calculations that help us aggregate and make sense of our data. To do this, we set a Method property on a chosen column within our query, which gives us a clear way to “manipulate” the data.
Among the built-in methods we have, there are several that work with numerical datatypes – like Decimal, Integer, Big Integer, or Duration – such as Sum, Average, Min, Max, and Count. There are even a few methods available to help us work with Dates in Business Central. This blog post will hopefully be a good demonstration of the different query methods available, and spark some ideas where you could skip expensive looping techniques in favor of leveraging queries. 😺Rogan says “don’t sleep on using Queries in your Business Central Development!”
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