How to Install LightSwitch Beta 2 - for Beginners

Introduction:

Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch helps you solve specific business needs by enabling you to quickly create professional-quality business applications [CURD Applications], regardless of your development skills.

See how Visual Studio LightSwitch can help you quickly develop business applications that run on the desktop or the cloud.


The Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 2 was released on 17th March 2010. This article helps LightSwitch newbies to install the LightSwith Beta 2.

Download LightSwitch Beta 2:

You can find the LightSwitch Beta 2 in the Microsoft Website. You can get the LightSwitch Beta 2 in two formats.

1. Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 2 Web Installer - It requires internet connection to install.
2. Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 2 Offline Installer - This is an ISO image file and does not require an internet connection.

Preparing to Install:

• If you have installed VS & LightSwitch Beta 1
  
  
  1. Uninstall Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 1.
  2. Visual Studio LightSwitch VSLS server prerequisites.
     
   
• If not,
  
  
  1. Install Visual Studio Service Pack 1.
  2. Install Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 2

Training ToolKit:

You can download the LightSwitch Beta 2 Training ToolKit from here. It is very useful to learn LightSwitch. It has Sample Business Applications to refer to.

Components Installed by LightSwitch Beta 2:

• Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0
• Silverlight 4.0 Runtime and SDK
• SQL Server Compact Edition and dependent libraries
• TFS 2010 Object Model
• Visual C++ runtime and redistributable
• WCF RIA Services V1 SP1
• Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 2 and dependent packages