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What is C/SIDE and C/AL

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**Stands for: **

  • C/SIDE - Client**/S**erver Integrated Development Environment
  • C/AL -  Client/Server Application Language

Description:

C/AL is the programming language that used within the development environment for Microsoft Dynamics NAV, and the development environment is called as C/SIDE. C/AL is a database specific programming language and it primarily used to retrieve, insert, and modify the records in the dynamics NAV Database. C/AL is extended from the PASCAL language and original C/AL compiler was written by Michael Nielsen.

When changing the NAV application according to the requirements, developer does not change the executables (.exe files), but the "Objects". 
Dynamics NAV database contain definitions of the each object and each object contain business logic to run the ERP application.