Welcome to the code sanctuary for Business Central developers hungry for rhythm, reusability, and real-world hacks. #BCSaturdayCodeHacks is a curated repository of modular AL code snippets and demos, designed to teach, inspire, and echo the cadence of clean architecture.
Every Saturday, I share a quick AL solution—whether a trick, pattern, or modular design—built for real-world impact and community learning.
This repository is a weekly celebration of:
- Modular AL Learning - Bite-sized, focused examples that teach specific concepts
- Practical Scenarios - Real-world implementations from actual consulting projects
- Scalable Patterns - Architecture solutions for consultants and enterprise developers
- Community Knowledge - Collaborative learning and knowledge sharing
- Best Practices - Clean code principles applied to AL development
- Cross-company data operations
- Environment-aware programming
- Event-driven programming
- Role Center event handling
- Notification data type implementation
- Modular design principles
- Performance optimization techniques
- VS Code configurations
- Debugging strategies
- Testing frameworks
- Deployment automation
- Integration patterns
- Data migration utilities
- Custom page enhancements
- Business logic implementations
BCSaturdayCodeHacks/
├── 📁 hacks/ # Individual hack folders
│ ├── 📁 2025-07-26-ChangeCompanyDemo/ # Cross-company G/L Account sync
│ ├── 📁 2025-08-02-EnvironmentVariables/ # Environment-aware programming
│ ├── 📁 2025-08-09-ModuleInfo/ # Module information management
│ ├── 📁 2025-08-16-RoleCenterNotificationMgt/ # Role Center notification events
│ ├── 📁 2025-08-23-NoficationsDataType/ # Notification Data Type implementation
│ └── 📁 [upcoming-hacks]/ # More weekly demos
├── 📁 docs/ # Comprehensive guides & tutorials
├── 📁 assets/ # Screenshots, diagrams, visuals
├── 📁 .github/ # Templates for issues & contributions
├── 📄 LICENSE # MIT License
└── 📄 README.md # This fileExplore the latest and greatest AL hacks, updated every Saturday! Each demo is designed to teach a practical concept for Business Central developers.
🆕 Latest: AL Notification Data Type Demo (August 23, 2025)
Demonstrates advanced notification implementation using the Notification data type in Business Central, featuring:
- ✅ Interactive notifications with multiple action buttons
- ✅ Role Center event integration with OnBeforeShowNotifications
- ✅ License activation reminder use case implementation
- ✅ Non-blocking notification messages and user workflow
Tech Stack: AL Language, Business Central 26.0+, VS Code
Key Concepts: Notification data type, Interactive notifications, Action buttons, Event-driven architecture
Previous: AL Role Center Notification Management (August 16, 2025)
Demonstrates Role Center event handling and notification management in Business Central, featuring:
- ✅ Role Center event subscribers using OnBeforeShowNotifications
- ✅ Event-driven architecture with customer data manipulation
- ✅ Customer table and page extensions
- ✅ Demo customer creation and management functionality
Tech Stack: AL Language, Business Central 26.0+, VS Code
Key Concepts: Event subscribers, Role Center notifications, Table extensions, Customer management
Previous: AL Module Info Demo (August 9, 2025)
Demonstrates module information management in Business Central, featuring:
- ✅ Display and manage module metadata
- ✅ Custom setup page and table for module info
- ✅ Permission set for module administration
- ✅ Screenshots and documentation for easy onboarding
Tech Stack: AL Language, Business Central 26.0+, VS Code
Key Concepts: Custom table/page, codeunit for module info, permission sets, extensibility
Earlier: AL Environment Variables Demo (August 2, 2025)
Demonstrates environment-aware programming in Business Central, featuring:
- ✅ Environment information retrieval (tenant, domain, deployment type)
- ✅ Safety patterns for sandbox-only operations
- ✅ Event-driven architecture with page subscribers
- ✅ Automatic environment detection and display
Tech Stack: AL Language, Business Central 26.0+, VS Code
Key Concepts: Environment Information codeunit, Azure AD Tenant codeunit, Event subscribers, Environment safety patterns
Earlier: AL ChangeCompany Demo (July 26, 2025)
Demonstrates cross-company data operations in Business Central, featuring:
- ✅ G/L Account synchronization across companies
- ✅ Interactive company selection dialog
- ✅ Smart duplicate prevention
- ✅ Seamless UI integration
Tech Stack: AL Language, Business Central 26.0+, VS Code
Key Concepts: ChangeCompany method, Record.TransferFields(), Cross-company operations
Stay tuned for upcoming hacks:
- API Integration Patterns – RESTful web service consumption
- Performance Optimization – Query efficiency and data handling
- Custom Control Add-ins – JavaScript integration with AL
- Automated Testing – Unit testing strategies for AL
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Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/your-username/BCSaturdayCodeHacks.git cd BCSaturdayCodeHacks -
Explore a hack
cd hacks/2025-08-23-NoficationsDataType code . # Opens in VS Code
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Follow the README in each hack folder for specific setup instructions
- Browse the
hacks/folder for topics that interest you - Each hack includes a comprehensive README with:
- Overview and use cases
- Technical implementation details
- Installation instructions
- Learning outcomes
- Start with basic page extensions
- Understand AL syntax and structure
- Learn about Business Central object types
- Explore cross-company operations
- Master environment-aware programming
- Master event-driven programming
- Implement custom business logic
- Design scalable architecture patterns
- Optimize performance and memory usage
- Build complex integration solutions
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/amazing-hack) - Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'Add amazing Saturday hack') - Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/amazing-hack) - Open a Pull Request
- Quality over Quantity - Each hack should teach something valuable
- Clean Code - Follow AL best practices and naming conventions
- Documentation - Include comprehensive READMEs and code comments
- Respectful - Maintain a welcoming environment for all skill levels
- Started: July 2025
- Total Hacks: 5 (and growing every Saturday!)
- Focus Areas: AL Development, Business Central Extensions
- Target Audience: Developers, Consultants, Solution Architects
- Weekly Updates - Star this repo to get notified of new Saturday hacks
- Discussions - Use GitHub Discussions for questions and ideas
- Issues - Report bugs or request specific hack topics
- Social - Follow the journey on LinkedIn and Twitter
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
- Jeffrey Bulanadi - Creator and maintainer of #BCSaturdayCodeHacks, passionate AL developer sharing knowledge every Saturday
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Team - For the amazing AL language and platform
- BC Community - For continuous inspiration and knowledge sharing
- Contributors - Everyone who makes this project better
🌟 Star this repo if it helps your AL journey! 🌟
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Happy Coding! 🚀