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VS2012 RTM has Blend which can be used to build Windows 8 App using:
1. HTML project type for JavaScript
2. XAML project type supporting code development using C#, VB or C++
VB provides more project options with Blend to create Windows 8 apps.
Designing screens for Window 8 apps is a breeze with Blend support
*Lightswitch is part of VS2012. You can create both HTML5 and Silverlight based apps
LightSwitch+HTML5 works with any browser.
*Use OData protocol to feed Lightswitch application
For example: You can access the famous Northwind from a ODATA endpoint at
http://services.odata.org/Northwind/Northwind.svc
With any of the authentication methods.
* Ability to create multiple Solution Explorer windows and move them on to connected monitors.
*IDE has grown so much, there is even a search feature to search the IDE for objects
Follow Jeff Cogswell's article + Slide from which this post is generated here:
http://www.eweek.com/developer/slideshows/visual-studio-2012-rtm-comes-chock-full-of-enhancements/
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Jayaram Krishnaswamy is a technical writer, mostly writing articles that are related to the web and databases. He is the author of SQL Server Integration Services published by Packt Publishers in the UK. His book, 'Learn SQL Server Reporting Services 2008' was also published by Packt Publishers Inc, Birmingham. Most recently his book, "Microsoft SQL Azure Enterprise Application Development" (Dec 2010) was published by Packt Publishing Inc. He writes articles on several topics to many sites.
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