Pro Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 Development

C H A P T E R  10

Creating and Using Extensions

LightSwitch gives you a simpler and faster way to create high-quality business applications for the desktop and the cloud. When the team created LightSwitch, they also laid the groundwork for enterprise developers, IT departments, community contributors, ISV’s (Independent Software Vendors), and even individual developers to extend it in various ways.

Out-of-the-box, LightSwitch is already a fairly compelling RAD (Rapid Application Development) experience, but there’s room to add significant value to the product, by creating extensions. In essence, the team has tried to give you what you need, while allowing you to add what you want.

LightSwitch provides the following extension points: themes, ...