Prologue:
VisualStudio LightSwitch is a new development tool designed specially for rapid
application development (RAD) techniques in line of business application
development. Data centric application can be easily developed by simply
designing data structures and related UI.
Defining the data in lightSwitch:
We can easily define the data in VisualStudio
LightSwitch. We just have to define the DataStructures and defining the
relationships among the tables.
Step 1: Create a new LightSwitch
application in Visual Studio 2010.
![LightSwitch application]()
Step 2: Click on create new table.
![create table in LightSwitch]()
Step 3: Change the table name to company
and add the attribute name and their corresponding types.
![create table in LightSwitch]()
Step 4: By clicking on data sources add
another table and change its name to employee add the attributes and their
datatypes.
![LightSwitch application]()
Step 4: By clicking on data sources add
another table and change its name to joining add the attributes and their
datatypes.
![LightSwitch table]()
Step 5: Define the relationship Between
employees and joining as many to one by click on relationship tab.
![relation ship in LightSwitch]()
Step 6: By clicking on data sources add
another table and change its name to salarydetails add the attributes and their
datatypes.
![LightSwitch tables]()
Step 7: Define the relationship Between
employees and salarydetails as many to one by click on relationship tab.
![LightSwitch relationship]()
Summary
This is the procedure how to
define the data in VisualStudio LightSwitch.