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Mastering Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016

You're reading from   Mastering Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 The compilation of best skillset to harness Microsoft Dynamics NAV for Administrators, Consultants, and Developers

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786464309
Length 450 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rabindra Sah Rabindra Sah
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Microsoft Dynamics NAV Installation FREE CHAPTER 2. Upgraded Features and Configuration in Dynamics NAV 2016 3. The C/AL and VB Programming 4. Testing and Debugging 5. Design and Development Considerations 6. Version Control and Code Management 7. Tuning Up the NAV System 8. Security in Dynamics NAV 2016 9. Upgrade and Migration 10. Interfacing NAV with Other Applications 11. Extending Dynamics NAV 2016 12. The Future of NAV

Compiler design

In this section, you will understand the concept of a compiler in brief. It is recommended that everyone who codes in Dynamics NAV should understand the basics of compiler design.

The main aim of a compiler is to convert a high-level language such as C# and JAVA to a low-level language like machine-level language. The question is, Why do you need to do that? The reason is that we are not comfortable writing a problem in 0's and 1's, which is the form in which a computer system understands the commands. The figure shown in the Assembler section explains how the whole compilation process can be sliced into different entities, which handle different operations, leading to the transformation of a high-level language into machine-level bits. The first layer in most of the high-level development environments is the preprocessors.

Preprocessor

A preprocessor is nothing but a language-specific program, which processes the input high-level code into the output code that...

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