Getting Started

Essential concepts and practices for working with AI coding assistants

This section covers the fundamentals you need to start working effectively with AI-powered coding assistants in your AL development workflow.

In This Section

Start with understanding the concepts, then move through the practical setup and techniques to get the most value from your AI coding assistant.


What is Agentic Coding?

Understanding AI-powered coding assistance and how it transforms development

Setting Up Your Environment

Configure your development environment for optimal AI-assisted AL development

Effective Prompting

Learn how to communicate clearly with AI assistants to get the best results

Best Practices

Guidelines for successful AI-assisted AL development

Understanding Limitations

Know when to use (and not use) AI assistance in AL development

Glossary

Common terms and concepts in AI-assisted development


Last modified October 17, 2025: Merge pull request #272 from microsoft/agentic-assistance-hub (2c230e3) by Jeremy Vyska