Chapter 8. Advanced NAV Development Tools

"Quality isn't something you lay on top of subjects and objects like tinsel on a Christmas tree. Quality must be in the heartwood."                                                                                                                 - Robert Pirsig

"Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else."                                                                                                                 - Fred Rogers

Because NAV is extremely flexible and suitable for addressing many problem types, there are a lot of choices for advanced NAV topics. We'll try to cover those that will be most helpful in the effort of putting together a complete implementation.

First, we will review the overall structure of NAV as an application software system, aiming for a basic understanding of the process flow of the system along with some of the utility functions built into the standard product. Before...