Building Solutions with SharePoint and Visual Tools for Office

Jeremy ThakeSenior ConsultantReadifySession Code: #DEV340

Andrew CoatesDeveloper EvangelistMicrosoft

Introduction

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The Tribes

The Coatsy tribe (Green ‘n’ Gold)Client sidehttp://www.twibes.com/group/vsto-auteched

The Thakey tribe (Red [white] & Blue)Server sidehttp://www.twibes.com/group/sharepoint-auteched

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Office DevelopmentClient side

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Anything you can do in .NET, you can do in Office

Lesson of the Day

Keeping things in contextDemo

SharePoint DevelopmentServer side

What is SharePoint?

End Users“Collaboration Portal”

Power Users“Provisioning Platform”

Developers “Application Development Platform”

SharePoint 2010

Will not be covering SharePoint 2010SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas (19th October 2009)SharePoint Sneak Peek

Web Part Visual DesignerNot everyone will jump on 2010 straight away

Platform

Why use it?

User InterfaceWeb Parts

Data LayerSharePoint Lists

FrameworkWeb Services / API / RSS / RPC

Provisioning SystemSolution Packages

Disaster Recovery

http://sharepointdevwiki.com/x/QAFw

Leverages already existing knowledge of ASP.NET

IIS Web Applications and Application PoolsWeb.ConfigVisual Studio IDE (C#/VB.NET)Master PagesPage LayoutsWeb PartsUser ControlsSite ThemesXHTML/JavaScript/CSS

Development Environment

Server based development environmentWindows Server 2003/8SQL 2005/8WSS 3.0/MOSS 2007Visual Studio 2008

Virtual MachinesHyper V / Boot-VHD / VMWare /...

DeploymentDevelopment Integration Test Production

Deployment

Solution Packages (WSP)SharePoint provisions them in FarmAnything you can do in Web UI can be done in WSPsRepeatability / Reuse

Not as quick to construct

QuestionWhat is your primary tool for creating Solution Packages in Visual Studio?

WSPBuilder

VSeWSS

STSDEV

Other?

http://sharepointdevwiki.com/x/JgBohttp://sharepointdevwiki.com/x/hAAa

Other Tools

Tools listhttp://sharepointdevwiki.com/x/FIBH SP Dispose CheckerReflectorU2U CAML BuilderSPSourceSharePoint Manager 2007

Performance Appraisal System

HR Manager

Annual Review

Employee

State Manager

Employee Peer

Employee Peer

Employee Peer

HeirarachyWeb Applications

Site Collections

Sites

Lists

List Items

Web Server

Intranet

Home

HR

PA Tasks

Performance Appraisals

PA1 Tasks

PA1

Workflow

Event Receiver

Performance Appraisal ApplicationDemo

Bringing it all togetherDemo

Next Steps

OfficeDownload at least Visual Studio Professional 2008

SharePointDownload WSS 3.0 VM

Walk through Virtual Labs

question & answer

Microsoft Related Content

SharePoint Conference 2009

MSDN Resources

SharePoint Sneak Peek

VSTO Blog

Community Related Content

Jeremy Thake’s Blog

Andrew Coates’s Blog

SharePoint PostRank Blogs

www.microsoft.com/teched

Sessions On-Demand & Community

http://microsoft.com/technet

Resources for IT Professionals

http://microsoft.com/msdn

Resources for Developers

www.microsoft.com/learning

Microsoft Certification & Training Resources

Resources

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