Beginning Visual Studio® LightSwitch Development

CONTENTS

Part I: An Introduction to Visual Studio LightSwitch

Chapter 1: Prototyping and Rapid Application Development

Line-of-Business Software Development Challenges

Application Prototyping

Rapid Application Development

Summary

Chapter 2: Getting Started with Visual Studio LightSwitch

Getting to Know Visual Studio

Getting to Know Visual Studio LightSwitch

Installing Visual Studio LightSwitch

Creating Your First LightSwitch Application

Summary

Chapter 3: Technologies behind a LightSwitch Application

The Three-Tier Application Architecture Pattern

The .NET Framework

Silverlight 4

SQL Server 2008

SharePoint 2010

Microsoft Office

Windows Azure

Summary

Chapter 4: Customizing LightSwitch Applications

Customizing Data

Customizing Screens

Writing Code

Summary

Part II: Creating Applications with Visual Studio LightSwitch

Chapter 5: Preparing to Develop a LightSwitch Application

The ProjectTrek Sample

LightSwitch Application Development Life cycle

A Short Tour of the LightSwitch IDE

Summary

Chapter 6: Working with Simple Data Screens

Creating New Tables

Creating Screens

Inserting, Editing, and Deleting Data

Understanding How the Detail Screen Works

Polishing

Summary

Chapter 7: Working With Master-Detail Data Screens

Creating Detail Tables

Creating Master-Detail Screens

Queries

Adding Details to Screens

Polishing

Summary

Chapter 8: Using Existing SQL Server Data

Connecting to SQL Server Databases

Customizing Data in Existing Databases

Managing Data Relationships

Summary

Chapter 9: Building ...