Chapter 2
Getting Started with Visual Studio LightSwitch
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER
- Key facts about Visual Studio LightSwitch and the types of applications you can develop with it
- Understanding the relationship between LightSwitch and Visual Studio 2010
- Installing Visual Studio LightSwitch
- Creating a new project in Visual Basic or C#
- Using the built-in Designers to create a simple application
In Chapter 1, you learned about the significant challenges you face in line-of-business (LOB) application development, and about why application prototyping is a great tool to handle those challenges.
This chapter introduces you to a new member of the Visual Studio family, Visual Studio LightSwitch. By the time you finish this chapter, you will have installed LightSwitch and created your very first application with it — all without writing a single line of code.
GETTING TO KNOW VISUAL STUDIO
Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft. Its newest version, Visual Studio 2010, can be used to develop applications for all Microsoft platforms, including Windows, .NET Framework, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, Silverlight, and Azure. It has several editions, ranging from the free Express editions to the Professional, Premier, and Ultimate editions that are especially tailored for the needs of professional software developers.
INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
When creating line-of-business applications, developers use several tools to ship their solution. ...
