6. RAD cycle Review design for issues Use SPD to: Rapidly build your brand Build aggregation, navigation and other assets Configure your site Get a site up and running quickly Build stubs for custom controls
8. Professional Development Package into a Visual Studio project for deployment Use source control and build automation Use Visual Studio tooling and CKS:DEV to streamline project development Build custom controls Build test projects
10. Deployment Try to get to 1-click deployment models via Powershell scripts and WSPs Build automation: Reduces human error Reduces costs of regression cycle Import content Script for simple scenarios Use migration tools for complex cases
11. Key takeaways Script as much as possible Use SPD as a RAD tool to get you going Move into Visual Studio for ALM Script as much as possible
12. Related sessions DEV103 What’s New in Web Content Management in SharePoint Server 2010 [Andrew Connell] DD107 Unit Testing SharePoint [Andrew Woodward, Eric Shupps] DD115 Managing the SharePoint Application Lifecycle [Chris O’Brien]