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# Language elements

> Learn section Development > Programming in the AL language > Language elements: 78 Microsoft Learn pages in 5 subtopics. Index of what Learn documents here, linked to Learn.

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## Subtopics

- [Data types](language-elements/data-types.md) (46 pages)
- [Interfaces](language-elements/interfaces.md) (4 pages)
- [Methods](language-elements/methods.md) (6 pages)
- [Objects](language-elements/objects.md) (19 pages)
- [Namespaces in AL](language-elements/namespaces-in-al.md) (2 pages)

## More Learn pages

- [Triggers overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/triggers-auto/devenv-triggers): Learn how triggers work in AL for Business Central.

## Videos and posts

Linked by a Haiku matcher with a grounding quote from the item's summary (link/topics.ts); machine-generated.

- [BC Friday Tips #33 Month Enum](../../../../posts/thatnavguy-com/https-thatnavguy-com-blog-2025-bc-friday-tips-33-month-enum--b394762bca.md) (community post): "Developers can reuse these existing enums rather than creating custom ones"
- [BC Friday Tips #47 Enum Display Order](../../../../posts/thatnavguy-com/https-thatnavguy-com-blog-2025-bc-friday-tips-47-enum-display-order--7214ec5a2f.md) (community post): "Enum display order is determined by code sequence, not ordinal numbers"
- [What's New: AL - Language (2024 release wave 2)](../../../../videos/lofGuQRe1BM.md) (video): "AL language; tables; pages; interfaces; queries; ternary operator"

Source: Microsoft Learn (CC BY 4.0). Descriptions are Learn's own.