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Beginning LightSwitch in VS 2012 Part 4: Too much information! Sorting and Filtering Data with Queries

NOTE: This is the Visual Studio 2012 version of the popular Beginning LightSwitch article series....

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/15/2012

Beginning LightSwitch in VS 2012 Part 3: Screen Templates, Which One Do I Choose?

NOTE: This is the Visual Studio 2012 version of the popular Beginning LightSwitch article series....

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/15/2012

Beginning LightSwitch in VS 2012 Part 2: Feel the Love - Defining Data Relationships

NOTE: This is the Visual Studio 2012 version of the popular Beginning LightSwitch article series....

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/15/2012

Beginning LightSwitch in VS 2012 Part 1: What’s in a Table? Describing Your Data

NOTE: This is the Visual Studio 2012 version of the popular Beginning LightSwitch article series....

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/15/2012

Trip Report: St. Louis Day of .NET

I just got back Saturday from speaking at the St. Louis Day of .NET (stldodn) conference and I had a...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/07/2012

LightSwitch Community & Content Rollup–July 2012

Last year I started posting a rollup of interesting community happenings, content, samples and...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/02/2012

LightSwitch Takes the Stage on the Visual Studio Toolbox Show on Channel9

Last week while I was up in Redmond I met up with Robert Green, the host of the Visual Studio...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/01/2012

New and Improved Office Integration Pack Extension for LightSwitch

I’ve been a big fan of Office development for a few years and have been keeping tabs on the free...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 07/18/2012

LightSwitch HTML Client Preview Available!

Just announced on the LightSwitch Team Blog, the HTML Client Preview is now available for MSDN...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/26/2012

LightSwitch HTML Client Resources – Countdown to the preview release!

Last week at TechEd Jason Zander announced that LightSwitch is embracing HTML5, JavaScript and CSS...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/20/2012

Channel 9 Interview: Early Look at the Visual Studio LightSwitch HTML Client

I can’t tell you how excited I am that Jason Zander announced the LightSwitch HTML Client at...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/12/2012

LightSwitch IIS Deployment Enhancements in Visual Studio 2012 – Updated

I just updated my LightSwitch IIS Deployment Enhancements in Visual Studio 2012 post to coordinate...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/08/2012

LightSwitch Tips & Tricks on Query Performance

LightSwitch allows you to connect to multiple data sources, relate them together, and create screens...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 05/29/2012

.NET Rocks! Podcast: Beth Massi Builds Apps with LightSwitch in Studio 11

Check it out, I’ve got another podcast with Richard and Carl this time talking about the new...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 05/22/2012

"What’s New with LightSwitch in Visual Studio 11" Recording Available

On Friday last week I delivered a webcast on the new LightSwitch features in Visual Studio 11 beta....

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 05/14/2012

I’m Speaking Next Week on What’s New with LightSwitch in Visual Studio 11

I’ll be speaking next week at the East Bay.NET User Group in Berkeley as well as delivering a...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 05/04/2012

Using the Save and Query Pipeline to Flag and Filter Data with LightSwitch in Visual Studio 11

Note: This information applies to LightSwitch in Visual Studio 11 (LightSwitch V2) In business...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 04/26/2012

Working with SQL Server LocalDB in LightSwitch Projects in Visual Studio 2012

Note: This article applies to LightSwitch in Visual Studio 2012 (LightSwitch V2) In Visual Studio...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 04/19/2012

MSDN Webcast: What's New with LightSwitch in Visual Studio 11

Join me next month as I take you on a tour of the new features of LightSwitch in Visual Studio 11....

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 04/11/2012

LightSwitch IIS Deployment Enhancements in Visual Studio 2012

Note: This information applies to LightSwitch in Visual Studio 2012 ONLY (LightSwitch V2). This post...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 03/29/2012

Deploying LightSwitch Applications to IIS6 & Automating Deployment Packages

A lot of folks have asked me for information on how to publish a LightSwitch application to IIS6....

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 03/23/2012

LightSwitch Cosmopolitan Shell and Theme for VS 11 Beta

NOTE: This information applies to LightSwitch in Visual Studio 11 beta. Last week the team released...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 03/19/2012

Creating and Consuming LightSwitch OData Services

NOTE: This information applies to LightSwitch in Visual Studio 2012. In the next version of...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 03/09/2012

Enhance Your LightSwitch Applications with OData

NOTE: This information applies to LightSwitch in Visual Studio 2012. As John announced on the...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 03/06/2012

Visual Studio 11 Beta Released!

We are extremely happy to announce the release of Microsoft® Visual Studio® 11 Beta! This...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 02/29/2012

LightSwitch Screen Tips: Scrollbars and Splitters

Often times in business applications we have a lot of information to present on a screen, and...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 02/09/2012

LightSwitch Community & Content Rollup–January 2012

Last Fall I started posting a rollup of interesting community happenings, content, samples and...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 02/02/2012

Calling Web Services to Validate Data in Visual Studio LightSwitch

Very often in business applications we need to validate data through another service. I’m not...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 01/30/2012

Beginning LightSwitch–Address Book Sample

Some folks have been asking for this so I just released the completed Address Book sample that you...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 01/26/2012

Using Different Edit Screens Based on Record Types (Table Inheritance)

I had a reader ask a question this week on how to use Visual Studio LightSwitch to open different...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 01/20/2012

Creating Cascading Drop Down Lists in Visual Studio LightSwitch

A common technique on data entry screens is using one “drop down list” (called an auto-complete box...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 01/12/2012

LightSwitch Community & Content Rollup– December 2011

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and enjoyed some well-deserved time...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 01/05/2012

Beginning LightSwitch Part 5: May I? Controlling Access with User Permissions

NOTE: This is the Visual Studio 2010 version of the popular Beginning LightSwitch article series....

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 12/20/2011

Beginning LightSwitch Part 4: Too much information! Sorting and Filtering Data with Queries

NOTE: This is the Visual Studio 2010 version of the popular Beginning LightSwitch article series....

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 12/15/2011

Beginning LightSwitch Part 3: Screen Templates, Which One Do I Choose?

NOTE: This is the Visual Studio 2010 version of the popular Beginning LightSwitch article series....

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 12/14/2011

Beginning LightSwitch Part 2: Feel the Love - Defining Data Relationships

NOTE: This is the Visual Studio 2010 version of the popular Beginning LightSwitch article series....

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 12/08/2011

Beginning LightSwitch Part 1: What’s in a Table? Describing Your Data

NOTE: This is the Visual Studio 2010 version of the popular Beginning LightSwitch article series....

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 12/06/2011

Beginning LightSwitch: Getting Started

UPDATE 10/17/2013: This post was updated to include the latest LightSwitch version in Visual Studio...

Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 12/01/2011

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