See how to set up a connection between a SharePoint list and an external data source. The data appears to be in an ordinary SharePoint list—users interact with it (including adding items), never knowing it lives in a database table somewhere else. Tobias Zimmergren gets you started with the practical aspects of integrating your SharePoint and external worlds.
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Check out a variety of tested templates and tools for Visual Studio 2010 that will kick start your SharePoint project. The kit includes starter SharePoint Project Items (SPIs) for SharePoint, a WCF service, and a PowerShell commandlet along with tools to manage your SharePoint site from within Visual Studio. Full source code is on CodePlex; the installable VSIX files are in the Visual Studio Gallery.
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Chris O’Brien goes into detail about Enterprise Content Management, specifically how to set up metadata options for your content, the experience the end user will get, and how to arrange a workflow that lets users add tags with requisite approvals.
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This article covers one of the three kinds of client object models available for SharePoint 2010. Add JavaScript to pages in your SharePoint site, which in turn can use jQuery for maximum productivity. There are lots of links to reference documentation, along with sample scripts.
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Make sure you’ve got plenty of time free before clicking through to the monster collection of Articles, Webcasts and FAQs over at Mindsharp. (It began while we were still working on SharePoint 2010 and still calls it WSSv4.) Topics range from configuration and deployment to coding, with over 1,300 links (organized using SharePoint capabilities, of course).
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Create custom applications or SharePoint parts to help people work together better than ever. Updates to SharePoint 2010 make it MUCH more developer-friendly than previous versions. And with LINQ to SharePoint, you don’t have to hassle with CAML.
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Everyone’s favorite IDE just keeps getting better. Visual Studio 2010 now offers tools for developing for SharePoint, Windows® 7, and Windows® Azure™, multi-monitor support, better debugging, a re-engineered Help system, and more
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Seen a lab or video on MSDN and want to get your hands on the code? Head to the SharePoint 2010 Developer Training Kit. It includes PowerPoint decks, Hands-On Labs, Source Code, and Instructor-Led Videos that cover how to develop for SharePoint using Visual Studio, Enterprise Content Management, Workflow, LINQ to SharePoint, and much more
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Now you can develop for SharePoint 2010 using a client operating system like Windows 7. A SharePoint VM is perfect if you just want to take it for a spin without installing and configuring everything yourself. You’ll get two machine images for Hyper-V: one with Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, and Project Server 2010 installed, the other with Exchange Server. This one-two VM punch lets you evaluate SharePoint technologies without wasting any time.
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Visual Studio 2010 comes with new tooling to simplify your SharePoint development tasks. Channel 9 has collected a bunch of training materials, including videos and labs that cover project and item templates, designers, and SharePoint Explorer. We’re telling you, F5 SharePoint deployment will change your life. Download the PowerPoint, source code, and demo scripts when available to round out your training
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SharePoint has always been about information and collaboration. And now social software (blogs, wikis, tagging, RSS) melds seamlessly with controlled aspects like versioning, publishing, and audience filtering to create the Enterprise Content Management system you need. There’s plenty of training available over at Channel 9 that covers authoring, publishing, deployment, metadata, querying, and document lifecycles.
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Sure, lots of important data lives in SharePoint, but it doesn’t all have to. Business Connectivity Services let you integrate SharePoint applications into back-end systems. Essentially, you’re creating composite or hybrid applications to meet your users’ data needs. Both SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio support BSC development. Learn what BCS is all about and try it out in a virtual lab to get more familiar with these capabilities
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