SharePoint Apps with Visual Studio LightSwitch

Paul Ferrill

ISBN 10: 144932116X / ISBN 13: 9781449321161

Verlag: O'Reilly Media, US, 2012

Beschreibung

Building SharePoint Apps with Visual Studio LightSwitch presents all the information you'll need to get started building real-world business intelligence applications. We'll start by getting a virtual environment setup to make it easy to build and test your applications without a lot of expensive server hardware. Next we'll build a few utility function apps to get a feel for working with the different SharePoint data sources. Then we'll move on to more functional applications and finish up with a section on integrating with other sources of business data.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9781449321161

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: SharePoint Apps with Visual Studio LightSwitch
• Verlag: O'Reilly Media, US
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 144932116X
• ISBN-13: 9781449321161
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

Build custom business applications for SharePoint with Visual Studio LightSwitch--including intuitive apps that don't require a single line of code. This example-driven guide takes non-programmers step-by-step through the process of creating simple apps and utilities, and shows programmers familiar with C# or Visual Basic how to build customized applications with more functionality.

Discover how to build and test your applications quickly without a lot of expensive server hardware. Once you get up to speed with LightSwitch, you'll create quality line-of-business applications tailored to specific customer needs in no time, whether you work in-house or for a vendor.

• Learn how the LightSwitch Presentation, Logic, and Storage layers work behind the scenes
• Configure your SharePoint server and workstation to work with this development environment
• Navigate the graphical environment and its various user screens
• Use examples to build simple single-function applications for search and data entry
• Expand your app's capabilities by using LightSwitch extensions and Silverlight controls
• Connect your LightSwitch app to external data sources, such as Excel, SQL Server, SQLite, and cloud-based applications

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Paul Ferrill has a BS and MS in electrical engineering and has been writing about computers for more than 25 years. He currently serves as CTO for Avionics Test and Analysis Corporation, working on multiple DoD projects. Software development has been his primary focus, along with architecting large-scale data management and storage systems. He also serves on several DoD standards committees, providing input to the next generation of data recording and transmission standards. He has a long history with both Microsoft and open source technologies. His two favorite languages are Visual Basic and Python. He's had articles published in PC Magazine, PC Computing, InfoWorld, Computer World, Network World, Network Computing, Federal Computer Week, Information Week, and multiple web sites.