With all of the talk about moving SharePoint into "the cloud", developers have to rethink some of the methods they have used successfully in the past. Sandboxed solutions, while still very powerful, impose development limitations, which can stymie traditional SharePoint developers. To add to the challenge, today's SharePoint users want more from their applications, both in terms of functionality and the overall user experience. At the same time, CIOs and CTOs want to get more "bang for their buck", spending less to accomplish more. In this session, Marc will discuss the alternative development approach called SharePoint's Middle Tier, which includes XSL/XML, JavaScript/jQuery, Data View Web Parts (DVWPs), and SharePoint's SOAP (XML) Web Services. The techniques are sometimes called "no code", but whatever you call them they don't require any server side deployment, making them ideal for use with Office365 and other cloud-based platforms.

1. Flying in the Cloud: New Ways to
Develop for SharePoint

2. There Are Exactly Two Ways to Develop
Solutions in SharePoint…Right?

3. Wrong! There’s a Middle Ground…
…which I call “SharePoint’s Middle Tier”

4. You Can Develop Real Solutions
With Just SharePoint Designer
Dashboards “Spreadsheets”
Richer Forms Custom
Navigation

5. Using Common
Web Development Tools…

6. …and Some Useful
SharePoint-Specific Tools
Content Editor
Web Parts
(CEWPs)
Content Query
Web Parts
(CQWPs)
Data View
Web Parts
(DVWPs)

7. These Techniques Work
Great in “The Cloud”

9. What Can’t You Do?
• Event Receivers
• Timer Jobs
• Elevate Permissions
• Deployments of a large number of sites or
other objects
• Deploy files to the server’s file system

10. Don’t Forget Governance!
• Development in the Middle Tier should
also follow good governance
– Coding practices
– Deployment mechanisms
– Testing methods
– Documentation
– Training
– Maintenance planning

11. DEMOS

12. Contact Information
eMail marc.anderson@sympraxisconsulting.com
Blog http://sympmarc.com
SPServices http://spservices.codeplex.com
SPXSLT http://spxslt.codeplex.com
USPJA Academy http://uspja.com
eBook http://endusersharepoint.com
The Middle Tier Manifesto http://bit.ly/middletier