Building Business Applications with Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch

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Visual Studio Lightswitch Presented by Robert MacLean @rma

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Visual Studio LightSwitch is the simplest way to build applications for the desktop and cloud TODAY using in .NET. LightSwitch simplifies the development process by letting you concentrate on the business logic, while LightSwitch handles the common tasks for you. In this demo-heavy session, you will see end-to-end how to build and deploy a data-centric business application using LightSwitch and discover what is under the hood to better understand the architecture of a LightSwitch application.

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Visual Studio LightswitchPresented by Robert MacLean @rmaclean

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What is Lightswitch?

• New Toolset for Development• Forms over data• Build applications quickly, consistently

using proven practices• “Russian Doll” model with Visual

Studio

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DemoBuilding an HR portal for Virgin Galactic

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Summary

• Easy to build apps• Great architecture • Silverlight on the front end• WCF RIA Services in the middle• Correctly structured• Security & deployment taken care of

• Extensible!• Custom fields, controls, themes & layouts

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Thank YOU!

Robert MacLeanwww.sadev.co.za (slides + demo scripts)@rmaclean