LightSwitch is one of the most interesting development technologies to come out of Microsoft in a long time. Built on Visual Studio, it is truly a rapid application development tool in a way that Visual Basic and Access never were. It provides a solid foundation and infrastructure for common business applications, built using tried and true technologies. Yet it is highly extensible and flexible. It isn’t right for all applications, but when it is a good fit, it’s pretty sweet. In this course, you’ll get a thorough overview of LightSwitch so that you can make a decision about whether it will work for you and the kinds of applications you build.

• What LightSwitch is all about
• What kind of applications LightSwitch is appropriate for
• The features of a LightSwitch application and its development environment
• How LightSwitch uses data and the sources it can use
• LightSwitch's strong support for security, based on permissions, users and roles
• The deployment models and methods that LightSwitch uses to get your application in the hands of users

• A New Way to Develop Applications
• The LightSwitch Development Environment
• Building a LightSwitch Application
• LightSwitch Application Architecture

LightSwitch Data Sources and Types

• The LightSwitch Data Access Layer
• Exploring Data Sources and Objects
• Writing Custom Data Code
• Using LightSwitch Queries

LightSwitch Application User Interface

• The LightSwitch Presentation Layer
• Creating Screens in LightSwitch
• Validating User Input

Customizing LightSwitch Applications

• Customizing the Navigation Menu
• LightSwitch Extensibility
• Gathering Application Diagnostics
• Controlling Startup State

Application Security

• Overview of LightSwitch Security
• Role-based Autorization
• Permissions
• Testing Security Design

Deploying and Application

• Deployment Models in LightSwitch
• Two Methods of Deployment
• LightSwitch Publish Application Wizard