Learning BC Development From Scratch - Episode 1: Preparing the Dev Environment

Watch out! Steve's behind the keyboard! Download AL for Beginners PDF from GitHub: https://github.com/mynavblog/ALForBeginners/ ********************************************** NOTE: NAVContainerHelper has been replaced by BCContainerHelper! Here are a few blog posts that may help: https://blog.steveendow.com/2020/08/updating-from-navcontainerhelper-to-new.html https://blog.steveendow.com/2020/08/automatically-update-navcontainerhelper.html https://blog.steveendow.com/2020/07/the-new-bccontainerwizard-and-working.html ********************************************** Contents and Timestamps: 1:05 Intro 3:45 Programming in AL for Beginners Workbook 5:25 Verify your Windows version and build 10:35 Download AL for Beginners workbook from GitHub 12:30 Review Table of Contents 13:05 Chapter 1 Objectives 13:56 Visual Studio Code download 14:55 Install VS Code 15:14 VS Code Installation options 17:30 Launch VS Code 18:10 Install VS Code AL Language Extension 20:05 Review other AL related VS Code Extensions 20:35 AL Extension Pack by waldo 21:52 Docker and Local Development Environments 24:16 Discuss Docker 24:55 Discuss Docker Enterprise 26:20 Install Docker Enterprise using PowerShell 30:18 Do not ignore Docker warnings 31:40 Be careful upgrading/updating Docker 33:00 Docker EE is installed! 33:35 Review Docker Windows Service 33:55 Try docker command 34:10 Review docker command options 35:00 Test Docker Engine with docker ps 35:10 Try to start Docker service and review error 40:40 Reboot server to clear pending restart after installation 43:25 Docker service starts after reboot (and Steve forgets to change his monitor) 52:50 Steve finally realizes he was showing the wrong monitor 53:00 Install NavContainerHelper module 53:28 Walk through NewBcContainerWizard 58:12 Review generated New-BcContainer script 59:15 Open PowerShell ISE to run new container script 1:00:00 Network considerations for running New-BcContainerHelper 1:00:50 Relaunch PowerShell ISE with Run As Administrator 1:02:20 What is getting downloaded? Generic Image and Artifacts