Streamline Your AL Development with Global NuGet Symbols
Business Central AL 17.0 allows developers to download Business Central symbols from Global NuGet feeds instead of needing a live client environment or copying symbols from other projects. This streamlines AL extension development by adding al.symbolsCountryRegion configuration and using a new download symbols command in Visual Studio Code.
post Aardvark Labs
"You can download symbols from the Global NuGet feeds."
Key points
- AL 17.0 introduces the ability to download symbols from Global NuGet feeds
- Configure al.symbolsCountryRegion in .VSCode/Settings.json with your country region code (e.g., ‘us’)
- New ‘AL: Download symbols from global sources’ command available in Visual Studio Code
- Eliminates the need to log into a Business Central environment or copy symbols from other projects
Quotes
- “You can download symbols from the Global NuGet feeds.” (Introduces the core capability that solves the problem of needing a live Business Central environment for development)
- “No need to log into a Business Central environment, no accidentally copying old resources from an old project.” (Highlights the practical benefits and workflow improvements of using the new Global NuGet approach)
Context
- Features: Global NuGet symbol download, al.symbolsCountryRegion configuration, Download symbols from global sources command
- Versions: AL 17.0
Source: Aardvark Labs, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.