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Deve lope r Tips and Tric ks
Microsoft Technical Readiness Specialists
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(Founder of www.ozmoss.com)
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2. Agenda
• In troduc tion
• Ove rvie w - S h a re P oint a s a De ve lop e r pla tfo rm
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• How do I g e t s ta rte d?
• De m o – De ve loping with S h a re P oint
• Que s tions
• R e s ou rc e s
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Intro duc tio n

4. Introduction
• SharePoint is a great development platform
• WSS/MOSS is a Server product
• There is no “developer edition”...yet
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• Administration and Development can overlap
• SharePoint gives you lots out of the box
• Is my project suited to SharePoint?
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S hare Po int as a De ve lo pe r
platfo rm

6. SharePoint as a Developer platform
• Quick and easy to install and configure
• WSS/MOSS SDKs with samples
• Code samples, blogs etc available
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• Active (and vocal) community, user groups
• Minimal coding needed (generally)
• Rich customisation experience
• Integrates with version control, build tools etc
• Visual Studio 2005/2008 integration
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• Think of it as ASP.NET++

7. Common Myths
• Debugging is not supported
• There is no code behind support
• Limited tool support
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• No source control integration
• Deployment of custom components is hard
• Test Driven development can’t be done
• The platform isn’t ready yet
• No AJAX or Silverlight support On it’s way!!
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Ho w do I g e t s tarte d?

9. Getting Started
• Virtual PC 2007
• Windows SharePoint Services & MOSS
• Visual Studio 2005
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• Visual Studio 2005 extensions – WF & WSS
• SharePoint Designer
• InfoPath Client
• SQL Express/Server 2005
• 64 Bit Vista > 4GB RAM - Ideal
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• Download WSS & MOSS SDKs

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• De ve loping with S h a re P oint
Demo

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Que s tio ns ?

12. Deve lo per Re s o urc es
• Aus tra lia n S h a re P oint Community Ma iling Lis t
– www.oz mos s .c om
• WS S De ve lope r Ce ntre
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• Windows S h a re P oint S e rvic e s Te c h Ce nte r
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• S h a re P oint Te a m B log
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