Chapter 1. Introducing Visual Studio LightSwitch

Computers have revolutionized everyday life, especially our work lives within the business world. Organizations have increasingly adopted computers and business applications for a number of reasons. For example, computers allow businesses to store huge amounts of data. They also allow the automation of many different tasks, thus reducing both time required to complete a task/process and the monetary expense involved. Although often still necessary, paper use has decreased significantly over the years, being replaced by digital documents. Employee tasks have been optimized and sped up, and one single person can do more work now than before office automation.