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LightSwitch "How Do I?" Videos

Learn how to build data-centric business applications for a variety of devices using Visual Studio LightSwitch with these step-by-step videos.

LightSwitch HTML Client Video Series

See how to build modern, touch-oriented business apps that run on a variety of mobile devices with the LightSwitch HTML Client available in Visual Studio 2012 Update 2. If you’re new to LightSwitch, see the Getting Started series below.

How Do I: Get Started with the LightSwitch HTML Client?
(6 minutes 11 seconds)

How Do I: View Data in a List with the LightSwitch HTML Client?
(4 minutes 7 seconds)

How Do I: Add and Edit Data with the LightSwitch HTML Client?
(6 minutes 21 seconds)

How Do I: Create Master-Details Screens with the LightSwitch HTML Client?
(18 minutes 41 seconds)

How Do I: Filter Data on a Screen with the LightSwitch HTML Client?
(8 minutes 09 seconds)

LightSwitch in Visual Studio 2012 Video Series

See how to use some of the new features and capabilities of LightSwitch in Visual Studio 2012.

How Do I: Get Started with the LightSwitch Starter Kits?
(5 minutes 29 seconds)

How Do I: Consume OData Services in a LightSwitch App?
(14 minutes 16 seconds)

How Do I: Create OData Services with LightSwitch?
(14 minutes 16 seconds)

How Do I: Perform Automatic Row-Level Filtering of Data?
(6 minutes 48 seconds)

How Do I: Deploy a LightSwitch App to Azure Websites?
(14 minutes 02 seconds)

Getting Started with LightSwitch Video Series

This step-by-step video series is focused on teaching you how to get started building data-centric business applications using Visual Studio LightSwitch. These videos were recorded with Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 but still apply to LightSwitch development in Visual Studio 2012.

1 - How Do I: Define My Data in a LightSwitch Application?
(6 minutes 55 seconds)

2 - How Do I: Create a Search Screen in a LightSwitch Application?
(8 Minutes, 58 Seconds)

3 - How Do I: Create an Edit Details Screen in a LightSwitch Application?
(5 Minutes, 15 Seconds)

4 - How Do I: Format Data on a Screen in a LightSwitch Application?
(12 Minutes, 52 Seconds)

5 - How Do I: Sort and Filter Data on a Screen in a LightSwitch Application?
(9 Minutes, 44 Seconds)

6 - How Do I: Create a Master-Details (One-to-Many) Screen in a LightSwitch Application?
(9 Minutes, 15 Seconds)

7 - How Do I: Pass a Parameter into a Screen from the Command Bar in a LightSwitch Application?
(11 Minutes, 44 Seconds)

8 - How Do I: Write business rules for validation and calculated fields in a LightSwitch Application?
(15 Minutes, 55 Seconds)

9 - How Do I: Create a Screen that can Both Edit and Add Records in a LightSwitch Application?
(7 Minutes, 30 Seconds)

10 - How Do I: Create and Control Lookup Lists in a LightSwitch Application?
(7 Minutes, 24 Seconds)

11 - How Do I: Set up Security to Control User Access to Parts of a Visual Studio LightSwitch Application?
(23 Minutes, 52 Seconds)

12 – How Do I: Deploy a Visual Studio LightSwitch Application?
(20 minutes 24 seconds)

13 - How Do I: Deploy a LightSwitch Application to Azure?
(12 Minutes, 41 Seconds)

14 - How Do I: Modify the Navigation of Screens in a LightSwitch Application?
(04 Minutes, 19 Seconds)

15 - How Do I: Open a Screen After Saving Another Screen in a LightSwitch Application?
(08 Minutes, 41 Seconds)

16 - How Do I: Connect LightSwitch to an Existing Database?
(15 Minutes, 20 Seconds)

17 - How Do I: Connect LightSwitch to SharePoint Data?
(15 Minutes, 26 Seconds)

18 - How Do I: Save Data from Multiple Data Sources on the Same Screen?
(07 Minutes, 19 Seconds)

19 - How Do I: Set Default Values on Fields when Entering New Data?
(03 Minutes, 21 Seconds)

20 - How Do I: Copy Data from One Row into a New Row?
(07 Minutes, 18 Seconds)

21 - How Do I: Add Commands as Buttons and Links to Screens?
(08 Minutes, 15 Seconds)

22 - How Do I: Show Multiple Columns in an Auto-Complete Dropdown Box?
(02 Minutes, 39 Seconds)

23 - How Do I: Create Custom Search Screens in LightSwitch?
(18 minutes 22 seconds)

24 - How Do I: Handle Database Concurrency Issues?
(14 minutes 12 seconds)

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