Introduction:

According to Microsoft, Visual Studio LightSwitch is "the simplest way to create business applications for the desktop or the cloud". Visual Studio LightSwitch is a rapid application development (RAD) tool. Which is used to help write data-centric line of business (LOB) applications. Unlike previous Visual Studio products, LightSwitch emphasizes minimizing the amount of code that must be explicitly written in order to develop an application. Using LightSwitch one can easy-to-use GUI Designers to design data structures and the user interface for working with the data.

Lifecycle management of Visual Studio LightSwitch

A lifecycle is description of progression of any application. The development process of any application is known as Lifecycle of that application. A lifecycle divide the progression into many stages so we can be smart about dealing.. Life Cycle Management is a framework for business planning and management. Life Cycle has been developed as a business approach for managing the total life cycle of products and services. The real life example of lifecycle our own from child, to young adult, to middle age, to old age.

Feature Of Lifecycle :

Phase Of Lifecycle

There are four phase of the lifecycle in a LightSwitch Application, which are as follows

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Envision Phase : Envision phase is first phase of lifecycle in LightSwitch Application. In the Envision phase we can find scope and features of the application.

Construct Phase : Construct phase is the second phase of Lifecycle. In the construction phase we produces the features according to the imagined scope of the project, including the necessary design and tests.

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Deploy Phase : Deploy phase is the third phase of lifecycle in LightSwitch Application. Deployment starts after the code is appropriately tested. In the Deploy phase we delivers the features to end-users so that they can seize the product. In the LightSwitch you do not need to manually write installation tools or scripts. With the help of the deployment function built into the integrated development environment (IDE), you can choose from client and application server topology.

There are two client topology options:

There are three server topology options:

Evaluate Phase : Evaluate phase, wishes and future directions come to light, which can influence the scope and features in the next iteration.

Summary

So the lifecycle is a framework for business planning and management. Using the lifecycle we can get full information about process of any application.