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.
Consuming and exposing SharePoint services using WCF
Did you know you can also take advantage of Windows Communication Foundation in conjunction with SharePoint? We start off by reviewing the SharePoint APIs (the SharePoint Object Model and the SharePoint Web Services) before introducing WCF. You will learn how to host you WCF services and also how to use SharePoint as a WCF host. At the end of this session you will know when to use the out of the box SharePoint APIs and when to use WCF to accomplish the right task.
| Session level: 400 |
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Integrating Silverlight 2 into SharePoint
Silverlight is Microsoft’s new Rich Internet Application technology, which can be used in conjunction with SharePoint to give your end users a much nicer and more dynamic user experience. This session teaches you how to integrate Silverlight 2 within SharePoint. We start off by addressing the setup and configuration needed in SharePoint in order to make Silverlight integration possible. Then we will see how you can access SharePoint data directly within a Silverlight application and how you can build Custom Field Types with a Silverlight UI. Extending you WebParts to use Silverlight as an interface is also addressed. By the end of this session you will know how to take advantage of Silverlight inside SharePoint.
| Session level: 300 |
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SharePoint 2007 Architecture and Development Overview
In order to develop on the SharePoint platform, a good understanding of its developer architecture is essential. This session will start with general overview of SharePoint’s main components that are of interest for the developer: Farms, Web Appplications, Site Collections, Lists and Fields, Features and Solutions, etc. Having seen the architecture we will then review the WSS Visual Studio 2008 Extensions as well as a set of community tools that will help you with your development process for SharePoint.
| Session level: 200 |
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Using LINQ with SharePoint
LINQ was first released with .NET Framework 3.5, which was after the release of SharePoint 2007. But that does not mean you cannot take advantage of this new technology in your SharePoint development. We will start with an overview of existing LINQ providers today and how the CAML queries work. Then we will show you how you can take advantage of LINQ to query SharePoint data with the LINQ to SharePoint provider, querying both list and document data from an external application as well as using LINQ for custom development inside SharePoint.
| Session level: 300 |
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Using Workflow Foundation 3.5 with SharePoint 2007
This session starts off with a crash course into Workflow Foundation 3.5 and SharePoint workflow and how to use Visual Studio 2008 for this. We then move on to authoring custom workflows using ASP.NET forms and InfoPath, as well as building Custom Activities. At the end of this session you will have a depth look into SharePoint workflow and how to develop custom workflows and activities and taking full advantage of WF 3.5.
| Session level: 400 |
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