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SharePoint 2010 Development For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

A much-needed guide that shows you how to leverage SharePoint tools without writing a line of code!

The great news about SharePoint is…you don't need to be a seasoned .NET developer to develop custom functions for it. This book shows you how to use SharePoint Designer, Report Builder, Dashboard Designer, InfoPath, Excel, Word, Visio, and the SharePoint web-based UI to design and develop—without ever writing a line of code! Learn how to customize your site, build SharePoint apps, start social networking, or add Web parts.  This straightforward guide makes everything easier.

  • Introduces you to SharePoint 2010 components and features, and how you can use them in development
  • Explains useful development tools, including document libraries, lists, basic workflows, Excel, Visio, Visual Studio, InfoPath, and Word
  • Shows how to tap the tools of business users and analysts, such as SharePoint Designer, Report Builder, and Dashboard Designer
  • Also covers topics for more experienced programmers, including SharePoint Object Model (OM), SharePoint Web Services, SharePoint Software Developer Kit (SDK), Silverlight, JavaScript, the .NET Framework, and Web Part development

Learn how to extend the functionality of the top enterprise portal and collaboration technology on the market with SharePoint 2010 Development For Dummies.

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You’ve run into this issue numerous times. You are developing an ASP.NET application, and you need to incorporate functionality that comes prepackaged in SharePoint. Wikis, blogs, document management, user authentication, access management—common needs across a variety of solutions. You know there is a way to integrate SharePoint's functionality within ASP.NET solutions, but you don’t know how to develop it.

Without guidance and examples, interacting with underlying SharePoint components can be challenging, and working with the different SharePoint APIs is complicated. This book introduces you to a variety of techniques to master the art of developing ASP.NET applications that are built upon a SharePoint foundation. You’ll explore integration with SharePoint components, configuration management, Code Access Security, feature packaging, proper use of SharePoint APIs, and advanced deployment techniques. Pro ASP.NET SharePoint 2010 Solutions walks you through all of the steps needed to successfully build and deploy ASP.NET solutions within the SharePoint platform.

What you’ll learn

  • How to use SharePoint as a development platform
  • How to build SharePoint features such as authentication, document management, and wikis and blogs into an ASP.NET application
  • How to migrate an existing application from ASP.NET into SharePoint
  • Understand the SharePoint / .NET / IIS implementation
  • Different approaches to packaging ASP.NET within SharePoint

Who this book is for

This book is for ASP.NET developers who want to incorporate the functionality of SharePoint into their applications. Readers familiar with either ASP.NET development or with SharePoint will find valuable information which will greatly enhance their solutions and allow them to build solid, professional applications with minimal effort.

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A team of SharePoint authorities addresses the six most essential areas of SharePoint 2010

SharePoint enables Web sites to host shared workspaces and is a leading solution for Enterprise Content Management. This book serves as one-stop shopping for concise coverage on six key areas that you need to know in order to get up and running with SharePoint 2010 quickly. After an introduction to the new features of SharePoint 2010, the author team of SharePoint experts walk you through branding and customization, workflow, business connectivity services, social networking and tools, the search function, and development basics so you can get started using SharePoint immediately.

  • SharePoint 2010 offers numerous exciting new features, including advancements in user interface customization, development improvements, the benefits of Business Connectivity Services, and much more
  • Covers the primary functions of SharePoint, as well as enhancements and new features of the latest version
  • Reviews the SharePoint platform, branding and customization, workflow, business connectivity services, social networking, tools, development basics, and more

SharePoint 2010 Six-in-One helps you conquer the six key areas of SharePoint 2010 so that you can successfully take advantage of the Microsoft SharePoint platform.

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SharePoint 2010 is a huge technology with tens of thousands of companies adopting it from all across the globe. Within the SharePoint product stack, workflows are one of the most compelling and ROI generating features for many business.

SharePoint 2010 Workflows in Action will take you through the SharePoint workflow fundamentals, and all the way to very advanced topics to help you meet your most complex workflow requirements. This includes covering topics such as the out of box workflows, and building custom workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010, Office Visio 2010, and Visual Studio 2010.

Additionally, the book covers topics that are very important to workflow such as building forms with InfoPath 2010, building custom task processes, building custom activities and conditions, and how to leverage external data sources in your workflows via Business Connectivity Services. Other goodies include building State Machine workflows, leveraging ASP.NET forms, workflow event handlers, and publishing custom actions and conditions into SharePoint Designer. The book is a one stop shop workflow resource for anyone building workflows for the SharePoint 2010 platform.

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SharePoint 2010 is a huge technology with tens of thousands of companies adopting it from all across the globe. Within the SharePoint product stack, workflows are one of the most compelling and ROI generating features for many business.

SharePoint 2010 Workflows in Action will take you through the SharePoint workflow fundamentals, and all the way to very advanced topics to help you meet your most complex workflow requirements. This includes covering topics such as the out of box workflows, and building custom workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010, Office Visio 2010, and Visual Studio 2010.

Additionally, the book covers topics that are very important to workflow such as building forms with InfoPath 2010, building custom task processes, building custom activities and conditions, and how to leverage external data sources in your workflows via Business Connectivity Services. Other goodies include building State Machine workflows, leveraging ASP.NET forms, workflow event handlers, and publishing custom actions and conditions into SharePoint Designer. The book is a one stop shop workflow resource for anyone building workflows for the SharePoint 2010 platform.

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A team of SharePoint authorities addresses the six most essential areas of SharePoint 2010

SharePoint enables Web sites to host shared workspaces and is a leading solution for Enterprise Content Management. This book serves as one-stop shopping for concise coverage on six key areas that you need to know in order to get up and running with SharePoint 2010 quickly. After an introduction to the new features of SharePoint 2010, the author team of SharePoint experts walk you through branding and customization, workflow, business connectivity services, social networking and tools, the search function, and development basics so you can get started using SharePoint immediately.

  • SharePoint 2010 offers numerous exciting new features, including advancements in user interface customization, development improvements, the benefits of Business Connectivity Services, and much more
  • Covers the primary functions of SharePoint, as well as enhancements and new features of the latest version
  • Reviews the SharePoint platform, branding and customization, workflow, business connectivity services, social networking, tools, development basics, and more

SharePoint 2010 Six-in-One helps you conquer the six key areas of SharePoint 2010 so that you can successfully take advantage of the Microsoft SharePoint platform.

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You’ve run into this issue numerous times. You are developing an ASP.NET application, and you need to incorporate functionality that comes prepackaged in SharePoint. Wikis, blogs, document management, user authentication, access management—common needs across a variety of solutions. You know there is a way to integrate SharePoint's functionality within ASP.NET solutions, but you don’t know how to develop it.

Without guidance and examples, interacting with underlying SharePoint components can be challenging, and working with the different SharePoint APIs is complicated. This book introduces you to a variety of techniques to master the art of developing ASP.NET applications that are built upon a SharePoint foundation. You’ll explore integration with SharePoint components, configuration management, Code Access Security, feature packaging, proper use of SharePoint APIs, and advanced deployment techniques. Pro ASP.NET SharePoint 2010 Solutions walks you through all of the steps needed to successfully build and deploy ASP.NET solutions within the SharePoint platform.

What you’ll learn

  • How to use SharePoint as a development platform
  • How to build SharePoint features such as authentication, document management, and wikis and blogs into an ASP.NET application
  • How to migrate an existing application from ASP.NET into SharePoint
  • Understand the SharePoint / .NET / IIS implementation
  • Different approaches to packaging ASP.NET within SharePoint

Who this book is for

This book is for ASP.NET developers who want to incorporate the functionality of SharePoint into their applications. Readers familiar with either ASP.NET development or with SharePoint will find valuable information which will greatly enhance their solutions and allow them to build solid, professional applications with minimal effort.

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Microsoft® SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

 

Michael Noel

Colin Spence

 

 

Using Microsoft SharePoint 2010 technologies, organizations can bring together, utilize, and collaborate with information from virtually any source. Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed is the most complete, practical resource for all administrators, managers, architects, users, and power users who want to make the most of this powerful platform.

 

 

Drawing on their experience implementing SharePoint solutions in hundreds of organizations, Michael Noel and Colin Spence cover all facets of succeeding with SharePoint: planning, deployment, migration, scalability, administration, security, Microsoft Office integration, workflow and dashboard development, and more.

 

 

Noel and Spence illuminate the newest SharePoint innovations, from new social networking features to improved search, helping you make the most of both SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint Server 2010. Using easy-to-understand, step-by-step examples, the authors help you streamline administration, optimize performance, control cost, and implement high-value solutions for collaboration, document management, and business intelligence.

 

  • Architect and implement SharePoint 2010, and migrate from legacy SharePoint servers
  • Perform advanced installations that maximize scalability
  • Monitor, back up, and restore SharePoint environments
  • Maintain the SQL Server databases on which SharePoint 2010 relies
  • Systematically improve edge, transport, and content security
  • Deploy SharePoint in extranets and alternative authentication scenarios
  • Create highly efficient virtualized SharePoint 2010 farms
  • Customize and manage libraries and lists for your specific requirements
  • Design and manage pages and sites for knowledge workers
  • Effectively manage metadata and content types
  • Integrate content using Office Web Apps and Excel, Access, and Visio Graphics Services
  • Create both out-of-the-box and customized SharePoint workflows
  • Develop custom solutions with SharePoint Designer 2010 and Visual Studio 2010
  • Create BI solutions with PerformancePoint and Business Connectivity Services
  • Govern your SharePoint ecosystem for maximum value

 

Michael Noel, MS-MVP, MCITP, is an internationally recognized technology expert, bestselling author, and well-known public speaker on a wide range of IT topics. He is the author of 17 books, including Exchange Server 2010 Unleashed, Windows Server 2008 R2 Unleashed, and Microsoft Forefront Unleashed. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Colin Spence, MCP, MCTS SharePoint, has worked with SharePoint technologies for nearly a decade, helping hundreds of clients architect, implement, and manage customized SharePoint solutions. He speaks, publishes, and blogs regularly on SharePoint technologies. Noel and Spence are partners at Convergent Computing, a leading Microsoft partner in the San Francisco Bay area, and co-authors of SharePoint 2007 Unleashed.

 

 

ON THE WEB:

Download all examples and source code presented in this book from informit.com/title/9780672333255

 

 

Category: Microsoft Office 2010

Covers: Microsoft SharePoint 2010

User Level: Intermediate–Advanced

 

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