OData Feed Query Support Now that LightSwitch in Visual Studio 2012 supports the ability to consume OData feeds , there are a wide variety of feeds that can be used to build interesting LightSwitch applications, ranging from NetFlix to Dynamics CRM. However, it’s important to remember that all...

An extremely useful method that I consider to be a “must-have” in almost any type of LightSwitch application is the Created method. The Created method allows us to easily set the default values for an entity’s properties (e.g. fields in a table). To understand this further, let’s...

I recently joined the Visual Studio LightSwitch team and so far have spent most of my time learning about everything that LightSwitch has to offer. With all that I’ve been learning, I thought this blog would be a perfect opportunity to share some of my new found knowledge. I can’t help but...