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

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.

<p>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.</p><p>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? <em>Visual Studio LightSwitch 2015</em>
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.</p>

Build business applications quickly by using the Visual Studio LightSwitch 2015 development tool. LightSwitch is a rapid application deployment tool that provides a simplified development environment, enabling you to be more productive as a developer. Learn the basics of Visual Studio Lightswitch 2015 plus key advanced topics that every Microsoft developer needs to know to build robust, data-centric applications for the desktop, cloud, web and mobile devices. This is the first book on the market to cover Lightswitch 2015's features in detailed step by step fashion. Written by Tim Leung—winner of a Microsoft Community Contributor Award for his LightSwitch expertise