[dba-VS] [AccessD] LightSwitch

John Colby jwcolby at gmail.com
Thu Apr 20 16:00:03 CDT 2017


One of many reasons I so love MS.  Ohhh the latest and greatest... 
ooohhh we're abandoning yet ANOTHER technology we pushed you to use.

On 4/20/2017 3:18 AM, Gustav Brock wrote:
> Hi all
>
> It appears that VS2015 was the last version of Visual Studio to include LightSwitch:
>
>      https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lightswitch/2016/10/14/lightswitch-update/
>
> Though it will be supported like VS2015 until 2020, it may be the time to look for alternatives.
> Microsoft recommends PowerApps but, as you may know, this at the current state is not a programming tool but a drag-n-drop type environment living in the cloud (Azure) only.
>
> So, browsing the numerous comments in the above link, I've located some potential alternatives:
>
> DotVVM:
>      https://www.dotvvm.com
>
> Serene:
>     https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VolkanCeylan.SereneSerenityApplicationTemplate
>
> I've never heard of these before. Anyone having experience with these?
>
> /gustav
>
>

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John W. Colby



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