Microsoft to release simplified beta version of Visual Studio

The world’s largest computer software maker Microsoft Corporation is all set to launch the latest version of the company’s Visual Studio 2010 Integrated Developer Environment claiming that the new version would be simple enough even for the use of business managers. An online report quotes Microsoft senior director (developer tools platform marketing) Dave Mendlen as saying that the Redmond-based corporation will launch a beta adaptation of the Visual Studio named Visual Studio LightSwitch 2010, scheduled for August 23 release, with a view to simplify the applications development process. Stating that Visual Studio LightSwitch offers the users at the business end an easy means to create their personal applications, Mendlen asserted that today professional developers are not the only people who are building business applications. According to the Microsoft executive, it has been often seen that several business managers who perceive the requirement for an office application and endeavor to develop one making use of tools like the word processing micros or spreadsheets. The company has announced that Visual Studio LightSwitch 2010 would be a refurbished edition of Visual Studio 2010 packaged with a suite of templates including several dissimilar enterprise processes that a user can operate to build an application. According to Mendlen, users may begin with any of the templates and add over it making use of Visual Basic or C#. In a number of instances, they would not be required to incorporate any code in any manner. In addition applications developed using LightSwitch 2010 may be operated on any PC or by using Microsoft Azure cloud platform and can be opened with a browser employing Microsoft Silverlight. Apart from the packages templates, LightSwitch 2010 also incorporated several prefabricated functions named experiences. To build applications with the software, the users would be required to recognize a data supply, which may include Microsoft Access, SQL Server, or an Excel, a SharePoint repository or even a Microsoft word file, for the program. The user interface of the software is outstanding to the extent that the development and run-time modes are not detached. This denotes that the instant a user effects any modification, it will reveal when the test request of the program is run. Employing the Microsoft .NET framework, Visual Studio LightSwitch 2010 is able to develop programs in such a manner that they turn out to be extensively used in an office setting. Moreover, a professional Visual Studio developer can effortlessly take possession of the programs for further improvement and superior scalability. Mendlen said that they are yet to finalize the templates packaged in the maiden release of LightSwitch 2010. While he said that the company is yet to fix pricing for LightSwitch, it will be reticent enough to be attractive to the regular business user. In addition, Microsoft has also not decided the period for which the beta will continue.