Ken Casada Developer Evangelist Microsoft Switzerland

Applications Data + Screens =

SQL Server/Express SQL Azure SharePoint 2010 ASP.NET 4.0 WCF RIA Services Entity Framework Silverlight 4.0 WCF RIA Services Client LightSwitch App Architecture Presentation Logic Data LS DLLs IIS IIS (Middle-tier) In-Browser In-Browser (Mac/Windows) (Mac/Windows) Out-Of-Browser Out-Of-Browser (Windows Client) (Windows Client) Out-Of-Browser Out-Of-Browser (Windows Client) (Windows Client) Storage

New Way Of Developing… Add Data Source… Data Model Add Screen… F5 Run Debug

Deploying LightSwitch App Create a package on disk Create a package on disk Remotely publish to a server (using MSDeploy) Remotely publish to a server (using MSDeploy)

Demo Introducing Visual Studio Light Switch Building an app from an existing data source

And more... Today: Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta1 LS Apps Totally Extensible&Configurable Support for Custom Silverlight Controls Shell and Theme Extensions Localization support

Resources Download Visual Studio Light Switch Beta1 LightSwitch Developer Center LightSwitch Blog LightSwitch "How Do I?" Videos

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LS Application Types Desktop client, 2-tier deployment Desktop client, 3-tier deployment Browser client, 3-tier deployment

Desktop, 2 tier deployment Clients&Database are on the same Network (LAN) Silverlight 4 Out-Of-Browser App.NET Framework 4.0 All LightSwitch Components (DLLs)

Desktop, 3 tier deployment Clients can be on the Internet or same network Silverlight 4 Out-Of-Browser App (Office Integration possible) Internet Information Server (IIS) NET Framework 4.0 LightSwitch Middle-tier components

Browser, 3 tier deployment Clients can be on the Internet or same network Silverlight 4 Browser App Internet Information Server (IIS) NET Framework 4.0 LightSwitch Middle-tier components