Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 was a specialized rapid application development (RAD) tool released by Microsoft on July 26, 2011. It was specifically designed to help “citizen developers” (like business analysts and power users) as well as professional developers quickly build data-driven, internal line-of-business (LOB) applications with minimal coding. Core Architecture & Technology
Silverlight-Based Framework: LightSwitch 2011 applications utilized Microsoft Silverlight to render their user interfaces.
N-Tier Architecture: Under the hood, it built out a structured, 3-tier architecture implementing Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) software patterns.
Enterprise Technologies: It abstracted complex Microsoft enterprise frameworks, automated the integration of the .NET Framework, Entity Framework, and WCF RIA Services. Key Features
Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 – Part 1 – Through the Interface
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