This document summarizes the key updates in LightSwitch from 2012 to 2013. In 2012, LightSwitch was included with Visual Studio and its middleware changed from RIA Services to OData, enabling platform interoperability. New controls and UI features were also added. In 2013, LightSwitch addressed Silverlight concerns by supporting HTML5 clients, allowed building more complex APIs using Web API, and fully supported SharePoint 2013 apps. The overall message is that LightSwitch continues to be the easiest way to build various application types including LOB apps, web platforms, and SharePoint apps.
1. What’s new in LightSwitch?
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3. Agenda
Distant Past: A quick recap of what LightSwitch is
Recent Past: What is new in 2012?
Present: What is new in 2013?
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15. Present: What is new in 2013?
The answer to Silverlight? HTML 5 Client
Web API for complex services with integration to LS
SharePoint 2013 Apps fully supported
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16. Review
Easiest way to build LOB apps
Easiest way to build platforms powered by OData
services
Easiest way to build web apps
Easiest way to build SharePoint apps
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Launch tweaked demo with some of the new UI optionsBuild a web page that grabs data from LightSwitch using OdataShow the service publish onlyETA: 15min
Launch tweaked demo with some of the new UI optionsBuild a web page that grabs data from LightSwitch using OdataShow the service publish onlyETA: 15min