You have an AL project that you want to work on within your new container. How exactly do you connect your code to your container BC instance? It’s pretty easy!
Within your AL Project you should have a .vscode folder, with a file called launch.json This is a configuration file that is used to define settings for launching and debugging applications. The following configurations should be set to work with a Business Central Container:
Docker is a platform for developing, shipping and running applications inside of containers. A container is a lightweight, portable and self-sufficient environment that isolates applications to ensure that they run consistently throughout the development lifecycle. Docker containers are used by a wide variety of software developers because they can isolate their development environment from the host system, which prevents conflicts with other software or system configurations. What this means is we can work in an environment tailored specifically to Business Central Development that we know will be consistent.
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BC Development Notebook 