CHALLENGE #3 - Include twitter feed on the customer card (LEVEL 2)

Scenario

To complete this challenge, you will need

• A Dynamics 365 Business Central Sandbox Environment
  • Use http://aka.ms/bcsandbox to create an Azure VM if you do not have a sandbox environment.
• Visual Studio Code with the AL Extension installed
  • Azure VMs will have VS Code pre-installed

Expected result

Steps

• Create an empty app
• Create a table extension for the customer table and add field for twitter handle
• Create a page extension for the customer card and add field for twitter handle
• Create Custom Control for showing Twitter feed
• Create a CardPart page showing a twitter feed
• Add the Twitter Feed card part to customer card

Hints

• In VS Code, use Ctrl+Shift+P and type AL GO and remove the customerlist page extension
• Use the ttableext and the tfield snippets to create the table extension
• Use the tpageext and the tpagefield snippets to create the page extension
• Use the tcontroladdin snippet to create the custom control, use https://dev.twitter.com/web/javascript/loading as inspiration for the Javascript code
• Use the tpage snippet to create the cardpart page
• Add the Twitter feed part to the factboxes area.

Cheat sheets

• Create an empty app
• Create a table extension
• Create a page extension
• Create a Twitter Feed custom control
• Create a Card Part with the Twitter Feed custom control
• Add card part to customer page