Creating Web Pages Using the LightSwitch HTML Client: In Visual Studio 2012

Visual Studio LightSwitch 2012 is a development tool that provides the easiest and fastest way to create forms over data, line of business applications and build applications for the desktop and the internet cloud by providing a tool that allows you to quickly and easily define and connect to your data, program your security and business rules, expose this via OData to practically any ‘client’ such as mobile devices and web pages. This book will demonstrate its use, explain, and provide examples of important concepts of its API (Application Programming Interface). Over the past year I have created more than thirty Visual Studio LightSwitch HTML Client projects. While creating those projects, I ran into challenges that required me to go deep into the LightSwitch HTML Client API. This book covers the core concepts as well as the use of advanced techniques that I consider important to properly leverage this incredible tool.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1:

Understanding the LightSwitch HTML Client

What Is Visual Studio LightSwitch?

The Visual Studio LightSwitch HTML Client

Single Page Application (because faster is better)

Chapter 2:

Create an End-To-End LightSwitch HTML Application

How Does A LightSwitch HTML Client Application Work?

Chapter 3:

The LightSwitch HTML Client API

The Binding Pattern

Promises

Chapter 4:

Working With Data

Searching Data

Setting Defaults

Dynamically Creating Records

Deleting Data

Chapter 5:

Working With Screens

The Visual Collection API

JavaScript

Chapter 6:

Application Navigation

Show a Message Box, and Respond To a User Selection

Create a Custom Modal Picker by Using A Popup

Copy a Record - Show Add Edit Dialog with Initialized Parameters

Navigating to a New Screen (and Returning)

After Editing -- Return Focus and Browser Position to the Item

Chapter 7:

Advanced Topics

Using ServerApplicationContext

Using WCF RIA Services

Advanced JavaScript

Controls

Use a JQuery Mobile Control

Prevent JQuery Mobile from Overriding Custom Controls

Theming

LightSwitch HTML for the Desktop