Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Fifth Edition
by Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker
Some useful practices
We should liberally make backups of objects on which we are working. Always make a backup of an object before changing it. Make intermediate backups regularly during development. This allows recovery back to the last working copy.
If our project involves several developers, we may want to utilize a source control system that tracks versioning and has a check-out and check-in facility for objects. Larger projects should take advantage of the testability framework that's now a part of C/AL (see Testing the Application in Help - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-nav/testing-the-application).
Compile frequently. We will find errors more easily this way. Not all errors will be discovered just by compiling. Thorough ...
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