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Using Microsoft LightSwitch for Visual Studio Sergey Barskiy [email protected] www.DotNetSpeak.com. What is LightSwitch?. Visual Studio project type that allows developers and technically savvy business users to build Silverlight applications with little or no coding required - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
What is LightSwitch?• Visual Studio project type that allows developers and technically
savvy business users to build Silverlight applications with little or no coding required
• Targets data centric RIA applications• LightSwitch is currently in beta• It will be paid-for SKU when shipped• Will be available for free if you have any paid-for version of Visual
Studio
LightSwitch Architecture• LightSwitch applications are 3 tier Silverlight applications• They use MVVM pattern• They use WCF RIA Services to communicate with a server
component• Support SQL Server or SQL Azure
LightSwitch Application Project
LightSwitch Application Properties• General properties
– Icon– Title
• Screen navigation• Access Control Security
– None– Windows– Forms / Custom
• Application Type– Desktop client, 2-tier deployment creates an application that runs on the end-user’s Windows
desktop; the database and server components run on a networked computer.– Desktop client, 3-tier deployment creates an application that runs on the end-user’s Windows
desktop; the database and server components run on an Internet Information Services (IIS) server.
– Browser client, 3-tier deployment creates an application that runs in the end-user’s web browser; the database and server components run on an Internet Information Services (IIS) server.
Building LightSwitch Application• Data
– Point to existing database– Create new database
• Tables • Relationships• Rules / read-only data
– Required– Lists– Field Type
– “Write Code” Link
Building LightSwitch Application• User Interface
– Forms– Form Navigation
• Publish Wizard (Build menu)– Create MSDeploy package– Deploy immediately
LightSwitch Resources• http://lightswitch.adefwebserver.com/• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lightswitch/archive/2010/08/06/the-
anatomy-of-a-lightswitch-application-overview.aspx• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lightswitch/• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lightswitch/archive/2010/09/15/lightswitch-
how-do-i-videos-on-the-developer-center-beth-massi.aspx• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff852064.aspx
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