This document outlines an agenda for a session on building applications with Visual Studio LightSwitch. The session will cover an introduction to LightSwitch, building a web application, customizing the UI, and publishing a LightSwitch application. Attendees will learn that LightSwitch automatically generates user interfaces for data sources without code and allows building Silverlight applications with Visual Studio. A demo will show creating a simple application and customizing the UI.

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INDIA │ 22-24 November 2010
Building Visual Studio LightSwitch Application
Kunal Chowdhury │ Software Engineer, Silverlight MVP

2.  Know about Visual Studio LightSwitch
 Building a Web Application using LightSwitch
 Creation of DB Table
 Creation of Screens
 Data Validation
 Auto Computation
 Customizing Application UI
 Publishing a LightSwitch Application
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S E S S I O N A G E N D A

3.  Visual Studio LightSwitch is a new tool for building data-driven Silverlight
Application using the Visual Studio IDE.
 It automatically generates the User Interface for a DataSource without
writing any code.
 It is currently in its 1st Beta Stage
 First public release for Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 1 was on 23rd August
2010
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Building Visual Studio LightSwitch Application
Know about Visual Studio LightSwitch

4.  To build a Silverlight Application using LightSwitch, you need:
 Visual Studio 2010
 Visual Studio LightSwitch Tool
 No need to write any XAML or C# code
 Just press 1-2-3, your application is ready
 If needed, write some codes to extend the functionality
 Easily Customizable
 Use custom controls
 Use Themes
 Create one and deploy as Web & Desktop Application
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Building Visual Studio LightSwitch Application
Building a Web Application using LightSwitch

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INDIA │ 22-24 November 2010
DEMO: Building a Simple Application
Kunal Chowdhury │ Software Engineer, Silverlight MVP

6.  Customize your Application UI from Visual Studio itself
 Runtime Customization before deploy
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INDIA │ 22-24 November 2010
Building Visual Studio LightSwitch Application
Customizing Application UI

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INDIA │ 22-24 November 2010
DEMO: Customization of UI
Kunal Chowdhury │ Software Engineer, Silverlight MVP

8.  Publish as Desktop Application
 Publish as Web Application
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Building Visual Studio LightSwitch Application
Publishing a LightSwitch Application

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INDIA │ 22-24 November 2010
DEMO: Publishing Application
Kunal Chowdhury │ Software Engineer, Silverlight MVP

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RESOURCES
 Visual Studio LightSwitch Team Blog
 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lightswitch/
 Beginners Guide to Visual Studio LightSwitch
 http://www.kunal-chowdhury.com/search/label/LightSwitch

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THANKS│ 22-24 November 2010
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