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Beginning LightSwitch in Visual Studio 2013 - Address Book HTML Sample

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I just uploaded the completed sample that you build step-by-step in the Beginning LightSwitch in Visual Studio 2013 Article Series. If you’re completely new to LightSwitch or HTML5/JavaScript development, then this series is for you. It walks you through everything you need to know to get started quickly building professional quality business apps for mobile devices & tablets, suitable for a wide range of form factors.

imageDownload the Sample & Read the Tutorials

Download the sample here.

Read this article series to get started with the most important concepts you need to build any LightSwitch HTML business application:

Part 1: What’s in a Table? Describing Your Data

Part 2: Feel the Love - Defining Data Relationships

Part 3: Screen Templates, Which One Do I Choose?

Part 4: Too much information! Sorting and Filtering Data with Queries

Part 5: May I? Controlling Access with User Permissions

Part 6: More Control! Customizing the app with JavaScript & CSS

Build and Run the Sample

  1. Download the sample ZIP file to your computer, right-click on the ZIP, select properties, and Unblock the file.
  2. Then extract the contents of the ZIP and double-click on the .SLN file to open Visual Studio.
  3. Important: From the BUILD menu, select "Rebuild Solution" to generate the necessary files to run the sample.
  4. After you rebuild, press F5 to run.

Visit the LightSwitch Developer Center for more tutorials and get started learning! For LightSwitch questions and troubleshooting please visit the LightSwitch Forums.

Have fun building your first apps!

Enjoy!

Comments

  • Anonymous
    March 26, 2014
    Thanks .....

  • Anonymous
    July 11, 2014
    Hello Beth: This project is tied to a local host to run in the browser which points to my question...what if you developed on a local machine, but wanted to later connect to a server like SQL or MySQL?  I'm trying to see how versatile this app is when it comes to connecting a finished product to a separate backend database where the fields are predefined correctly. If I'm not being specific enough, please let me know and I will revise my question.  Thank you in advance!

  • Anonymous
    July 11, 2014
    Hi Joe, This tutorial assumes you will be using a SQL Server database when you deploy the application. During development, if you design your entities in the data designer, LightSwitch uses your LocalDB SQL database (that is installed with Visual Studio) while debugging. However, you can use any version of SQL server (2008 express, which is free, or higher versions) to deploy, including SQL Azure. If you want to use a database that already exists, then you need to select "Attach to External Data" instead of choosing "Add New Table". But that would mean that you need to maintain that database separately from your application. Many people prefer this even if it is a SQL database especially if the database schema is complex.   I don't have much experience with MySQL, but here is a video from one of our MVPs on how to get it to work with LightSwitch. www.youtube.com/watch For more information on deployment see: On premises: msdn.microsoft.com/.../gg481778(v=vs.110).aspx In Azure: blogs.msdn.com/.../easily-deploy-your-lightswitch-apps-to-azure-websites-in-3-minutes.aspx (same steps for an HTML client, except you don't need to worry about signing the XAP) HTH, -Beth

  • Anonymous
    March 25, 2015
    Hi Beth, I'm a little confused, try to include a method best search to a client page (HTML) where they can search for separate phrases, as an example if I search "carlos rojas" and in the field of BD this as "rojas carlos" normal search not found, that in VB.net I resolve simply switch phrases in lightswitch have to do an extended consultation, but I did not know how to link it to the page where I want to return the query, here the code fragment I did in an extended search by code on the server: Private Sub BusquedaAvanzada_PreprocessQuery(StrBuscar As String, ByRef query As System.Linq.IQueryable(Of LightSwitchApplication.ProductosItem))            Dim BuscarInvertido As String = ""            Dim Matriz() As String            StrBuscar = Replace(StrBuscar, " ", "%")            StrBuscar = "%" & StrBuscar & "%"            Matriz = StrBuscar.Split("%")            For i = Matriz.Length - 1 To 0 Step -1                BuscarInvertido = BuscarInvertido & "%" & Matriz(i)            Next            BuscarInvertido = BuscarInvertido & "%"            query = From Productos In query                    Where Productos.DESCRIPCION Like StrBuscar Or BuscarInvertido                    Select Productos        End Sub Is it too much trouble you can help me with this question? Thanks and greetings from Mexico

  • Anonymous
    September 07, 2015
    Hello Beth, I use LightSwitch2012 and I had the support for the language sr-latn-cs (Serbian Latin) with windows 7. When I upgraded to windows 10, support for sr-latn-cs not work. All other languages are supported (Croatian, Slovak, Slovenian, German,..), work well. It happens to the old and new projects. What's the problem? I think that Windows 10 not support language "sr-Latn-CS"(obsolete tag)  but support "sr-Latn-RS"(new tag), whereas  Lightswitch 2012 (and LS2013 and LS2015) not support language "sr-Latn-RS". Please help me !