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Extending Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch Applications

DEV354. Extending Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch Applications. Beth Massi Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Visual Studio Blog: www.BethMassi.com Twitter: @ BethMassi. The LightSwitch Development Experience. Start. Refine. Extend. Describe your data. Author business logic.

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Extending Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch Applications

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  1. DEV354 Extending Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch Applications Beth Massi Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Visual Studio Blog: www.BethMassi.com Twitter: @BethMassi

  2. The LightSwitch Development Experience Start Refine Extend • Describe your data • Author business logic • Define custom queries • Create screens for common tasks • Create custom Silverlight controls • Customize screen layouts • Integrate with custom data sources • Define custom queries

  3. LightSwitch Architecture Client Tier Middle Tier Data Access Submit Pipeline Queries Controls Screens Methods Data Workspace Data Workspace WCF RIA Services WCF RIA Services Other … SQL Server Azure SharePoint Silverlight 4.0 ASP.NET 4.0 Browser Host Desktop Host IIS 7.0

  4. LightSwitch Building Blocks VS Pro LightSwitch Ecosystem Screens Custom WCF Services Data Providers Queries Silverlight Controls Custom Controls Entities Screen Templates Business Logic Application Themes Application Shells Business Types

  5. Advanced Development • Even with just LightSwitch installed, developers have access to advanced LightSwitch APIs, the Silverlight and .NET frameworks • Custom screen layouts & screen workflows • Save pipeline, validation & access control hooks • Complex & composite LINQ queries • Access to client & server project code • COM Interop • Publish to IIS or Windows Azure • With VS Pro you can build LightSwitch Extensions

  6. Advanced LightSwitch Development demo

  7. Extending LightSwitch • LightSwitch has 6 extensibility points

  8. Installing Extensions • LightSwitch developers can install extensions via Extension Manager • Or just click on the VSIX package to install LightSwitch Extensions are installed like any other Visual Studio extension and managed via the Extension Manager

  9. Requirements for Building LightSwitch Extensions • Visual Studio Pro (or higher) + SP1 • Visual Studio LightSwitch • Visual Studio SDK • For building VSIX packages • LightSwitch Extension Development Kit (coming soon) • Upload to VS Gallery • http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/

  10. Customizing Applications with LightSwitch Extensions demo

  11. Additional Resources • MSDN Developer Center • http://msdn.com/lightswitch • Forum • http://bit.ly/LightSwitchForum • Samples • http://bit.ly/LightSwitchSamples • Blog • http://blogs.msdn.com/lightswitch/

  12. DEV Track Resources • http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio • http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/lightswitch • http://www.microsoft.com/expression/ • http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/ • http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/ • http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/default.aspx • http://www.facebook.com/visualstudio

  13. Resources • Connect. Share. Discuss. http://northamerica.msteched.com Learning • Sessions On-Demand & Community • Microsoft Certification & Training Resources www.microsoft.com/teched www.microsoft.com/learning • Resources for IT Professionals • Resources for Developers http://microsoft.com/technet http://microsoft.com/msdn

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