Large LOB application using the HTML client

> The mobile client seems to be perfect to create a MOBILE COMPANION > APP THAT ALLOWS YOU TO PERFORM A LIMITED NUMBER OF TASKS IN THE > FIELD, but if you want an ...

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Check your email :) I have a medium-sized finished app (~60 screens / 70 tables) and a performance test app (550 screens / 140 tables) in LS HTML. The latter was proof of the former being po...

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PS: I wrote this entire post and read another one while VS is trying to build and launch the app... :( Keep rocking LS! Jan PS: have you seen app-stitch yet? It's a visually simple yet powe...

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Unfortunately, in contrast with the accepted answer, I have to report that I found some real issues with large scale LS applications. I'm currently working on a large LS HTML application and th...

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I was first attracted to LS by the apparent ease of use and power. However without Silverlight as I research the alternative html5 I am being dragged into learning all about POST, GET, JSON, XML,...

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We are using the core lib D3JS. There are some extra bits for geographical maps and loads of examples out there. Dave Dave Baker | AIDE for LightSwitch | Xpert360 blog | twitter : @xpert360 |...

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> Dave provided an extensive sample here. Many thanks and just a quick question - in LightSwitch is it feasible to use just the core lib or is it impractical without the C1 suite?

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Hi Chris, Dave provided an extensive sample here. http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/e0326696-cd17-404d-94f3-4d0d397ed77a/using-d3js-in-lightswitch?forum=lightswitch

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> We are quite good at DOM/HTML5/JavaScript and are using D3JS, little > else 3rd party. Hi Dave, Just to confirm, are you referring to the d3js.org JavaScript visualisation libr...

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Hi Dave, Just curious: Do you use web-api for "commanding" stuff or do you have also a way to generate screens based on a web-api controller (as it can be done with Ria Services)? paul van bl...

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Oops! "4) Ability to customize the global application header to insert our own menus, login details, " We opened up the msls script and changed it to restore the back button and more. Users dem...

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Quickly: "add multiple HTML Clients per LS project" <-- that is my feedback too. Can manually hack this together but it will be great when if it is official. Only the deployment area looks like...

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Hessc raises a very important point in the form of an insurance policy: If it ultimately turns out that the HTML Client is just not up to handling all the complexities of a larger LOB application...

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I am very close to finishing the external sql server db for the mid-to-large LOB app that will replace the current SL client app we use now.  There will be around 70 tables, at least a couple o...

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> ... it was designed from the ground up to fit with end user > workflows and is nothing like traditional fat client screens. It > gets work done fast and efficiently...

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Hi, sorry been very busy. It will be a few weeks yet before I get to spend time around the blog and forums. We are in the process of testing the first of several LOB LightSwitch HTML-based app...

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I've been watching the development of the HTML client carefully and, while it has definitely improved greatly, I'm still concerned that it doesn't have all the features necessary to allow me to s...

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Well said, all.  I can identify with every point of view here, especially Xander's. How about all LS gurus get together and: 1)  make some public ruckus to pressure MSFT for a formal LS r...

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Interesting discussion and one that I am very interested in as I would prefer if we could do all our large LOB apps in LS. Since Apple introduced the iPhone & iPad every other technology relate...

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Thanks for the great responses.  I too would be interest in hearing from Expert360 and some others.  One encouraging factor (sort of) is that the choice between LS SL, LS HTML, and MVC is not...

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This is just my $0.02... If you accept the argument that information workers are increasingly mobile and need to be productive on mobile devices, you will buy into the argument that having ever...

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I'd be interested in hearing Xpert360 Dave's input on your question, but based on my own experience going from SL-->HTML and reading over your description, I'd discourage you from trying to port ...

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I currently have a fairly large LOB application using the Silverlight client.  We are working on a new and even larger version of this application.  There will be a new external sql server data...

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