Most of you may have already read an earlier post on how to send emails from LightSwitch (seen here). This post extends what was learned in that previous post, and shows how to wire up a button to send an email on demand.That previous post showed a specific function that would send out an email when an entity was added to the database. A helper class was created in the Server project of the LightSwitch solution. Then, when the new record was created in the database, that server code was called and an email went out. Here is how I did that… Read More »
Article source: http://www.paulspatterson.com/technology/lightswitch/microsoft-lightswitch-sending-emails-from-the-client/
I recently watched a great webcast by Rich Dudley in which Rich made some very interesting points about what Gartner Research calls “Citizen Developers”. I was immediately intrigued by this Gartner information so I dug a little deeper into this citizen developer thing, and here is what I found…
According to Gartner, “Citizen developers will be building at least a quarter of new business applications by 2014…”. That, according to the report titled “Citizen Developers Are Poised to Grow”.
Represented by about 6 million information workers, these “latent” application developers make up that same Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch target market.
Very interesting, indeed!
Article source: http://www.paulspatterson.com/technology/lightswitch/microsoft-lightswitch-championing-the-citizen-developer/
SharePoint 2010 – What is Managed Metadata?
Managed metadata is collection of hierarchical terms that can be used for defining items in SharePoint. New to SharePoint 2010, Managed MetaData Services offers an incredibly powerful tool for centrally managing the overall taxonomy of your SharePoint 2010 deployment… Read More »
I love the idea of splitting code up and using partial classes. This makes life so much easier when dealing with ORM created code, such as that of the Entity Framework and LLBLGen. Here is a very simple example of implementing a partial class to implement some special processing, without having to mess around with the originally defined entity… Read More »
On September 12th I presented an introduction to Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 to the Edmonton Dot Net User Group (EDMUG.Net).
Here is a link to the slide deck and take-away notes from the presentation…
http://www.paulspatterson.com/technology/dot-net-development/edmug-lightswitch-introduction/
Cheers!
Yes, a rich internet based web application would be awesome, but is it really what you need? I would love to own a new Porsche 911, but not if I am using it to haul around building supplies for my construction company (unless it was balsa wood, maybe).
Just like using the right vehicle for the job, so should you be using the right software application for the right job. Here is an overview of the different application types that exist today, and some information about each to help you better understand your options when considering a new software application… Read More »
Systems are becoming more and more interconnected each day. Coordinating all that interconnectivity becomes a challenge, especially in terms of security. A party or client, such as a user, web service, web site, or even another device, may need to collaborate with more than one system. Using a claims-based security approach, a coordinated effort can be made to provide common security information to all systems . Here is how….
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