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There has been an update to the project on GitHub. This was a major update that causes the old project to break. I believe I have updated all the areas in the tutorial and addressing the changes. If you come across any inconsistencies, please let me know.

The goal here will be to create a simple LightSwitch HTMLClient project. We will change the name of the client and setup authentication.

Here are a few assumptions that you should be proficient at for this tutorial:

Adding files to a project
Creating data tables
Creating relationships
Basic Dev Skills

1. Lets begin by starting Visual Studio 2013
2. Create a new LightSwitch Desktop Application
3. Call it LsCoreProject
4. Open up the Properties for the LsCoreProject
5. Under Access Control, select Forms Authentication
6. Grant for debug the SecurityAdministration permission
7. Save the project
8. Right click on the LsCoreProject
9. Select Add Client, give it the name of App
10. Save the project
11. Right click on the LsCoreProject.DesktopClient project
12. Select remove
13. Right click on the LsCoreProject solution
14. Select Open Folder in File Explorer
15. Once opened, navigate to and delete the DesktopClient folder
16. Back in Visual Studio
17. Save the project
18. Under the LsCoreProject.Server section
19. Open the Web.config
20. For Microsoft.LightSwitch.Admin.UserName: LeaveMeAlone
21. For Microsoft.LightSwitch.Admin.FullName: Leave Alone
22. For Microsoft.LightSwitch.Admin.Password: just4fun!
23. Build the solution

* as you see I go a bit overboard on saving the project

Next… Add External CSS

Here are the topics and their logical order:

1. — You
2. Add external CSS
3. Add external scripts
4. Update the default.htm
5. Add LogIn/LogOut/Register/ChangePassword
6. Create the security data source
7. Screens for permissions
8. Screens for role management
9. Screens for user management
10. Tables for tile menus
11. Screens for icon management
12. Screens for menu management
13. Create a tile menu screen
14. Create a database project
15. How to deploy successfully
16. Wrap up