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The '''Dexterity programming language''' was designed in the early 1990s for the implementation of [[Cross-platform|platform independent]] graphical [[accounting software]]. Dexterity itself is written in the [[C (programming language)|C programming language]] [http://www.devnewz.com/devnewz-3-20040827GreatPlainsDexterityProgrammingOverviewforDevelopers.html]. It was used in the development of [[Great Plains (accounting)|Great Plains]] accounting software.

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The '''Dexterity''' [[programming language''']] was designed in the earlylate 1990s1980s for the implementation of [[Cross-platform|platform independent]] graphical [[accounting software]].<ref>[https://subscription.packtpub.com/book/application_development/9781849680264/1/ch01lvl1sec13/dexterity-overview Dexterity overview]</ref> Dexterity itself is written in the [[C (programming language)|C programming language]].<ref>{{cite book|author-last=Bellu|author-first=Renato|year=2018|title=Microsoft Dynamics 365 For Dummies|publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|isbn=978-1119508885}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.devnewz.com/devnewz-3-20040827GreatPlainsDexterityProgrammingOverviewforDevelopers.html]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118071825/http://www.devnewz.com/devnewz-3-20040827GreatPlainsDexterityProgrammingOverviewforDevelopers.html|archive-date=2008-11-18|title=DevNews}}</ref> It was used in the development of [[Great Plains (accounting)|Great Plains]] accounting software.

[[Microsoft Dynamics|Microsoft Business SolutionsGP]] GP, formerly Great Plains Dynamics and eEnterprise, is a Dexterity-written application. Microsoft's small business line:, [[Microsoft Small Business Manager]] and [[Small Business Financials]], were also written in Dexterity and use the same [[Source code|code base]] as Great Plains.

==History of Dexterity==

Great Plains Dexterity is a proprietary [[programming language]] and technology, designed in the earlylate 1990s1980s with the goal to build a platform-independent graphical accounting package - Great Plains Dynamics. Dexterity itself is written in C (with the hope that C would provide platform independence). YouThe user can install Dexterity from the Dynamics GP CD #2 and it allows custom pieces to be seamlessly integrated with the Dynamics GP interface.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

==Features==

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==References==

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==Further reading==

* {{cite book|author-last=Vail|author-first=Leslie|year=2012|title=Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Applications|publisher=[[Packt Publishing]]|isbn=978-1849680264}}

* {{cite book|author-last=Bellu|author-first=Renato|year=2018|title=Microsoft Dynamics 365 For Dummies|publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|isbn=978-1119508885}}

==External links==

* [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics/s-e/gp/mdgp2018_dexterityreleases_376 Dexterity Development System Releases for Microsoft Dynamics GP]

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