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APPLIES TO: Business Central 2023 release wave 1 and later

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The AL Home view shows news related to developing in AL for Business Central. The AL Home view allows the Business Central research and development department to efficiently share news, best practices, upcoming events, urgent information and status, and learn content.

Tip

To open the AL Home view from within Visual Studio Code, press Ctrl+Shift+P, and then choose AL: Home.

Settings

You can choose when to show the AL Home view as you start up Visual Studio Code, the default is that AL Home is shown when it's updated. To change the default, go to user or workspace settings, press Ctrl+Shift+P, and then choose Preferences: Open Settings (UI) for workspace settings, or choose Preferences: Open User Settings for user settings. Under Extensions, and AL Language extension configuration, change the Show Home at startup to a different value. For more information, see AL Language extension configuration.

See also

AL Explorer
Developing extensions in AL