SharePoint 2010: Getting Started with Development on SharePoint 2010 Hands-on Labs in C# and Visual Basic

Overview

Use these 10 hands-on lab manuals for SharePoint 2010 to get started learning SharePoint 2010 development. Each lab is available in C# and Visual Basic. HOL01 - Developing a Visual Web Part in Visual Studio 2010This hands-on lab introduces the Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint development environment. It shows how to build a Visual Web Part using LINQ to SharePoint, and how to connect one Web Part to another Web Part on the page. HOL02 - Developing a List Definition and Event Receiver in Visual Studio 2010 This hands-on lab walks you through building a list definition for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010. It also shows how to build an event receiver for the list in Visual Studio 2010 and deploy it to SharePoint. After the list and event receiver are deployed, you can use the developer dashboard to evaluate the performance of the event receiver. HOL03 - Developing Advanced Web Parts for SharePoint 2010 with Visual Studio 2010 This hands-on lab shows how to build a Web Part using several SharePoint-specific controls in Visual Studio 2010. Investigate advanced built-in Web Parts, including the Data View Web Part. HOL04 - Developing with LINQ to SharePoint in Visual Studio 2010 This hands-on lab explores a variety of LINQ queries on SharePoint 2010, going into more depth than the introductory hands-on lab. It also walks you through an exercise of creating a custom content type in Visual Studio 2010. HOL05 - Developing for SharePoint 2010 with the Client OM and REST in Visual Studio 2010 This hands-on lab introduces the Client object model for use in calling SharePoint 2010 APIs from a client machine. It also shows the use of ADO.NET Data Services to call REST services in SharePoint 2010. HOL06 - Developing a BCS External Content Type with Visual Studio 2010 This hands-on lab walks you through building an external content type for Business Connectivity Services using Visual Studio 2010. It also builds a form for Microsoft Outlook and shows the data being edited offline in Outlook. HOL07 - Developing a SharePoint 2010 Workflow with Initiation Form in Visual Studio 2010 This hands-on lab walks you through building a workflow in Visual Studio 2010 for SharePoint 2010. You add an initiation form to the workflow and use an external data exchange activity in the workflow. HOL08 - Developing SharePoint 2010 User Interface with Silverlight in Visual Studio 2010This hands-on lab walks you through building Microsoft Silverlight applications for use in SharePoint 2010. You will access SharePoint 2010 data in Silverlight using the Client object model. HOL09 - Developing SharePoint 2010 Sandboxed Solutions in Visual Studio 2010 This hands-on lab walks you through building a Sandboxed Solution Web Part for SharePoint 2010. It will also add code to the Web Part that overloads the limits placed by the sandboxed solution, and you will review how the solution is shut down. HOL10 - Developing SharePoint 2010 User Interface Ribbon and Dialog CustomizationsThis hands-on lab walks you through adding a custom action to the SharePoint 2010 ribbon, and creating a Web Part that uses the Dialog Framework.

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Preconf 'SharePoint 2007 development with .NET Framework 3.5' track recorded at TechDays 2009 Belgium

SharePoint 2007 is built on ASP.NET 2.0. When it was released the current development tool was Visual Studio 2005. Since then many technologies and tools have been released that integrate with SharePoint 2007, we can think about Visual Studio 2008, .NET 3.5, IIS7, etc. This pre-conference goes further than the basic introduction training on SharePoint, taking into account the use of latest technologies into SharePoint development. If you are already familiar with the basics of SharePoint development this course is for you. If you are not an experienced SharePoint developer, we recommend following the free Ramp Up learning path for SharePoint in order to prepare yourself.

Watch all the sessions here.

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 available for download

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 are available for download. You will find more information and the download links here.

Microsoft Web Platform Installer 1.0

Microsoft has launched a useful tool for .NET web developers. Here under is the overview of the product (source: Microsoft).

Overview

The Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a simple tool that installs Microsoft's entire Web Platform, including IIS, Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition and the .NET Framework. Using the Web Platform Installer’s user interface, you can choose to install either specific products or the entire Microsoft Web Platform onto your computer. The Web PI also helps keep your products up to date by always offering the latest additions to the Web Platform.

Here is the link: http://www.microsoft.com/web/channel/products/WebPlatformInstaller.aspx

Announcing: Community Technology Preview of Visual Studio 2008 extensions for SharePoint v1.3

The Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog has announced the CTP of Visual Studio 2008 extensions for SharePoint v1.3

Link: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/01/12/announcing-community-technology-preview-of-visual-studio-2008-extensions-for-sharepoint-v1-3.aspx

Visual Studio 2010 & .NET Framework 4.0 Overview

Microsoft has published an overview of the next generation of Visual Studio and .NET Framework.

Here is the link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/cc948977.aspx