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In this fully updated second edition, award-winning author Tim Leung
explains how to build data-centric business applications for the
desktop, cloud, web and mobile devices in just a few clicks, with no
code required using Visual Studio Lightswitch 2015. This book explains
the basics of Visual Studio Lightswitch 2015 plus new features and key
advanced topics that every Microsoft developer needs to know to create
modern data services and build clients that can run on multiple devices.

Visual
Studio LightSwitch 2015 is a rapid application deployment tool that
simplifies and shortens the time needed to develop business
applications. The basics are very easily understood but more advanced
users will hunger for more. How do you design complex layouts? How do
you query data using LINQ and other syntax structures? How do you secure
your application against malicious use? Visual Studio LightSwitch 2015
answers these questions and more as author Tim Leung-winner of a
Microsoft 2011 Community Contributor Award for his LightSwitch
expertise-covers this breakthrough product in detail. For serious
developers building, enhancing and deploying advanced business
applications using LightSwitch makes sense because they can benefit from
the elegance, convenience, and cost savings afforded by rapid
application development before going beyond the "click-and-you´re-done"
interface to include the extra value and depth of coding expertise that
their clients value.

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Part One -Introducing LightSwitch
01. Understanding How LightSwitch Works
02. Setting Up Your data
03. Creating HTML Applications
04. Creating Desktop Applications
Part Two - Working with Data
05. Querying your data
06. Writing Data Access Code
07. Validating data
Part Three - Writing ScreenCode
< 08. Refining HTML Client Screens with JavaScript/CSS
09. Enhancing Desktop Screens with .NET code
Part Four - Refining your Application
10. Providing Search Capabilities
11. Building Practical Application Features
12. Supporting multiple languages
13. Enriching Desktop Screens with Custom Controls
Part Five - Extending the Reach of Your Data
14. Optimizing Data Connectivity with RIA Services
15. Sharing Data with OData
Part Six - Getting Data Out
16. Displaying Reports on Screens
17. Exporting Data to Microsoft Office
18. Sending Email
Part Seven - Extending LightSwitch
19. Creating Screen Control Extensions
20. Creating Data and Presentation Extensions
Part Eight - Securing your Application
21. Authenticating your users
22. Authorizing your users
Part Nine-Going Live with your Application
23. Deploying your application

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Tim Leung is a professional software developer based in England. For the past 12 years, he has specialized in enterprise application development using products from the Microsoft technology stack. In particular, he possesses deep knowledge of the Microsoft .NET Framework and SQL Server. He is an active member of the U.K. developer community and often delivers presentations on technical topics. He is also a chartered member of the British Computer Society. He is passionate about the concept of rapid application development and was awarded the Microsoft Community Contributor Award in 2011 for contributions to the LightSwitch community.

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