[dba-VB] Rapid Application Development: LightSwitch 2011 (no beta)

Hi Gustav --

Thank you for your information.

I personally do not plan to work (and even to play) with MS LightSwitch.
I can be wrong - but as far as I have heard/read HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript will
soon (in a few years?) make Adobe Flash and SilverLight(?) a kind of
"obsolete" technologies:

http://ntt.cc/2010/03/15/will-html5-css-javascript-really-be-flash-and-silve
rlight-killer.html

and iPad doesn't support Adobe Flash (does it support Silverlight?) - and
according to the referred above article everybody will soon have an iPad :)

Thank you.

--
Shamil
 
-----Original Message-----
From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: 5 ???????? 2011 ?. 20:42
To: dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [dba-VB] Rapid Application Development: LightSwitch 2011 (no beta)

Hi all

I asked MAPS if Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 (now trial and
purchase-ware):

http://www.microsoftstore.com/lightswitch 

will be included in the Microsoft Action Pack Development and Design
Subscription for 2011/2012?

No:

Unfortunately Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 will not be included in the
Action Pack.

Visual Sutdio LightSwitch 2011 is Available to Levels: Developer AA; VS Pro
with MSDN (Retail); VS Premium with MSDN (MPN); BizSpark Admin; BizSpark; VS
Ultimate with MSDN (VL); VS Premium with MSDN (VL); VS Pro with MSDN (VL);
VS Premium with MSDN (Retail); VS Ultimate with MSDN (Retail); VS Ultimate
with MSDN (MPN); MSDN AA Institution; VS Ultimate with MSDN (NFR FTE).

/gustav


>>> gustav at cactus.dk 03-04-2011 19:57 >>>
Hi Shamil

For a small project I recalled LightSwitch and wondered if it had moved
anywhere.
It has, and has even been labeled Go Live. I guess it means some kind of
improved level of support.

That took me a couple of minutes - and another couple to copy and paste the
links and post these here.
Then I browsed the development pages a little and people and the team seem
quite active.

But I still miss the time for testing ...

/gustav


>>> shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru 03-04-2011 19:24 >>>
Hi Gustav --

How do you manage to find free time to watch for and to even try(?!) Beta
releases of MS software?
I can't find that free time...

Thank you.

--
Shamil
 
-----Original Message-----
From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: 3 ?????? 2011 ?. 16:45
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com; dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [dba-VB] Rapid Application Development: LightSwitch Beta 2

Hi all

Here is a better, though still brief, introduction to the new beta:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/lightswitchgeneral/threads
Click at the top under Announcements the topic:
Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 2 Released with Go Live License!

<quote>
.. We'd also like to announce that Beta 2 comes with a "Go Live" license
which means you can now start using Visual Studio LightSwitch for production
projects </quote>

/gustav

>>> gustav at cactus.dk 03-04-2011 11:07 >>>
Hi members of "VS2010 SP1 club"

Then those interested in true RAD may proceed obtaining the recent
LightSwitch Beta 2 which requires VS2010 SP1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=cff6c4ef-a29a-4c
82-9a59-8a3bbb65ec3d 

The Beta 1 must be uninstalled first.
Apart from many minor improvements "too numerous to mention" as the team
tells, an interesting new feature is direct deployment to Windows/SQL Azure.

Also, the Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 2 Training Kit:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/confirmation.aspx?FamilyID=AC1D8EB5-AC
8E-45D5-B1E3-EFB8E4E3EBD1 

/gustav