Session on SharePoint solutions architecture at ShareCamp, Rovinj/Croatia, April 2012

1. Rovinj, 23. – 26. travnja 2012.

2. Are good SharePoint
solutions only a myth?
ADIS JUGO
MVP
PlanB.

3. Sponzori

4. Isključite zvuk
telefona

5. Are good SharePoint
solutions only a myth?

6. Are good SharePoint
solutions only a myth?
... the developer community is full with statements like "there are
good developers, there are bad developers, and then there are
SharePoint developers"; or "there is solid software architecture, and
then there are SharePoint solutions"

7. Perception of SharePoint Applications
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8. Expectations…
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9. Time and costs estimation
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10. Architecting SharePoint solutions
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11. What is wrong with this web part?
Adis Jugo, PlanB.

12. Types of SharePoint solutions
• Enterprise SharePoint Solutions
• SharePoint SandBox Solutions
• Solutions that use SharePoint data
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13. 4 questions for architects
• How will the users be using the application?
• How will the application be deployed into production
and managed?
• What are the quality attribute requirements for the
application (security, performance, concurrency,
localization, and configuration)
• How can the application be designed to be flexible
and maintainable over time?
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14. Architecture Considerations
Quality attributes
– Security
– Performance
– Concurrency
– Localization / Internationalization
– Configuration
• Considerations
– …
• Impersonation
• Logging
• Caching
• Testing
• Deployment
• Flexibility / Manageability / FutureProof
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15. ENTERPRISE
SHAREPOINT
SOLUTIONS

16. A SharePoint Solution
Managet
Code /
Workflows Silverlight Ajax
Office
Timer Jobs
Clients
!NET /
Event
Mobile/
Receivers
Tablet
InPage
SP WinRT /
Solution Metro

18. BL Classes not
SPContext Aware
SPContext
Transport/Creation?
SPContext Aware
Infrastructure Layer
Classes
Dependency
injection

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20. Logging
• Logging from the
BL
• ULS for SharePoint
LOGGING
• Different
implementations

21. Caching, Persistence
• Caching in front-
end Web Server
– AppFabric for
Caching, persistence Windows Server
– NCache
• Persistence
– SPPersistedObject

22. Localization / Internationalization
• Chrome
• User Interface
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• Content

23. Architecting InPage Elements: MVP Model
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24. Unit Testing
nUnit
SharePoint DAL
Infrastr. Layer
Business Layer
– Logging
– Caching SharePoint is no
– Configuration excuse for lack of
VS Unit Testing Presenter (MVP) Unit Testing
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25. Problems, problems…
• Everything is SharePoint App Pool
• Deep impact on SharePoint Server
• Deployment to SharePoint Web Front Server(s)
• Policies?
• Maintenance
• Not possible with Office 365 (or other hosted services)
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26. SharePoint Enterprise Solutions
Architectural considerations Quality Attributes
Impersonation Security
Logging Performance
Caching Concurrency
Testing Localization / Internationalization
Deployment Configuration
Flexibility / Future Proof
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27. UMJESTO DEMOA
blog.sharedove.com/adisjugo
sharedove.codeplex.com

28. SHAREPOINT
SANDBOX
SOLUTIONS

29. SHAREPOINT
SANDBOX
SOLUTIONS

30. SandBox Solutions
Architectural considerations Quality Attributes
Impersonation Security
Logging Performance
Caching Concurrency
Testing Localization / Internationalization
Deployment Configuration
Flexibility / Future Proof
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31. SOLUTIONS
WHICH USE
SHAREPOINT
DATA

32. SharePoint on Premise + Application Server
Business processes
Your Data Solutions
…
Collaboration
All custom
Portals development
…
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33. SharePoint Online (O365) + Windows Azure
Worker Processes
Your Data
Azure Services
Collaboration
Web Sites
Portals
…
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34. No SPContext
aware Components

35. SOLUTIONS WITH SHAREPOINT DATA
Architectural considerations Quality Attributes
Impersonation Security
Logging Performance
Caching Concurrency
Testing Localization / Internationalization
Deployment Configuration
Flexibility / Future Proof
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36. Limitations
• Limited access possibilities
• ASMX Services
• OData
• CSOM (Client SharePoint Object Model)
• No advanced list-data management
• No Event Receivers, Timer Jobs
• Outside of SharePoint user interface
• Suitable for integrating other solutions with SharePoint
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37. IT’S YOUR CHOICE

38. And Finally
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39. Resources
• Asterix and Cleopatra
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-
alias%3Daps&field-
keywords=asterix+and+cleopatra&x=0&y=0
• MS P&P: SharePoint Guide
http://spg.codeplex.com
• MVP pattern in SharePoint InPage elements (WebParts, ASPX)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee413740.aspx
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40. Pitanja
@adisjugo