>>After testing LightSwitch I was at least unimpressed. I cannot understand what is this product's target audience.
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>I really like how the message for the product is for rapidly building business applications, with the tag line "coding optional". :)
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>It's odd how so much is done to get you started building an app with no code, mainly targeting an IT type person, but then requires you to be a .NET developer to even create a simple business rule (rather than simple scripting as an option). And to create any of your own templates or customization, you have to be an advanced .NET developer and use the complex Visual Studio SDK. It's not a good sign when you ask what the target audience is and the answer is "anyone who wants to use it."

I had an interesting conversation with Jay Schmetzer after a presentation he did on LightSwitch in Milwaukee this past spring. He hadn't said it in these words during his presentation but the picture I got was that an IT type person (power user) could develop some useful apps with LightSwitch, given some assistance by a real developer. We have all heard, many times, that such and such a tool would allow non-professional-programmers to develop real business apps. Yeah, sure. The last time that was true may have been, well, dBASE. Jay said yes, that's about right -- you're probably going to need both of them involved.