SharePoint 2010 as a Development Platform

by Joerg Krause, Martin Dring, Christian Langhirt, Bernd Pehlke, Alexander Sterff

Overview

SharePoint is gaining recognition as a full-fledged application server with many features and enhancements that specifically allow non-developers to create sophisticated intranet sites. However, with the 2010 release, Microsoft’s SharePoint increasingly becomes a compelling development platform. The strong application programming interface (API), its highly extensible nature, and its foundation on the underlying .NET Framework all generate “the perfect storm” to make it one of the most powerful web development platforms available.

However, with power comes complexity. The wide range of usage scenarios make it difficult for developers to grasp the full ability of this next-generation platform. This book takes an in-depth, all-encompassing approach to programming concepts, the extensibility interfaces, and how to embrace SharePoint as a toolkit full of features available to web developers.

• Take an in-depth look into the internals of SharePoint.
• Create sophisticated applications using SharePoint controls and databases.
• Understand the API and use in conjunction with ASP.NET to extend SharePoint.

SharePoint is more than a portal and more than an intranet. Harness its capabilities and put it to work for you.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430227069
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	06/30/2010
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	1164
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 2.40(d)

About the Author

Joerg Krause has been working with software and software technology since the early 1980s, starting with a ZX-81 and taking the first steps using BASIC and assembler language. He studied information technology at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany, but left early to start his own operation in the 1990s. He is the author of several books about Online Marketing, PHP, ASP.NET, and SharePoint. He s MCP for .NET technology and SharePoint development. He currently works as a freelance consultant and software developer for Microsoft Technologies. Joerg can be reached at [e-mail] and you can get more information at http://www.joergkrause.de.

Table of Contents

Basic Tasks.- Developer Basics.- Architecture.- Accessing the API.- Data Access.- External Data Access.- Web Parts.- Templates.- Application Techniques.- Solution Deployment.- User Interface.- Extending the User Interface.- Using Web Controls.- Client Programming.- Integrating Silverlight.- Integrating Charts and Maps.- Advanced Techniques.- Forms Services and InfoPath.- Workflows.- Administrative Tasks.- Enterprise Features.