devdays 2011- lightswitch basics: building your first lightswitch application
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More details: http://www.sadev.co.za/content/devdays-south-africa-2011-my-talksVisual Studio LightSwitch is the simplest way to build business applications for the desktop and cloud. 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. After that you will discover what is under the hood to better understand the architecture of a LightSwitch application. Finally you will learn how you can use Visual Studio 2010 Professional and Expression Blend 4 to customize and extend its UI and Data layers for when the application's requirements grow beyond what is supported by default.TRANSCRIPT
Robert MacLeanwww.sadev.co.za
BBD Software
Visual Studio Lightswitch
TRACK: Next Gen
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AgendaIntroduction to Lightswitch
New Toolset for DevelopmentForms over dataBuild applications quickly, consistently using proven practices“Russian Doll” model with Visual StudioBeta 2
Things may changeMy excuse for crashes too
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Lightswitch demo
demo
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SummaryIntroduction to Lightswitch
Easy to build appsGreat architecture
Silverlight on the front endWCF in the middleCorrectly structuredSecurity & deployment taken care of
Extensible!Custom fields, controls, themes & layouts
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Grab the bits and start to play & experiment
Join in the discussion on the Social Forums
Slides + Demos @ www.sadev.co.za
Calls to Action
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Keep in Touch
facebook.com/msdevsa
@msdevsa
http://blogs.msdn.com/southafrica
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Don’t forget the Xbox Kinect show-down
after sessions this evening!
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DevDays 2011 Sponsors
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