Tuesday, August 4, 2009

10 Essential Resources for SharePoint Developers

1. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) SDK and ECM Starter Kit http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6D94E307-67D9-41AC-B2D6-0074D6286FA9&displaylang=en

2. Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) SDK and Workflow Starter Kit http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=05e0dd12-8394-402b-8936-a07fe8afaffd&DisplayLang=en

Note: The MOSS SDK includes the WSS SDK documentation and a more robust starter kit

3. Visual Studio Extensions for SharePoint Services (November CTP)http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=19F21E5E-B715-4F0C-B959-8C6DCBDC1057&displaylang=en

4. Customizing and Branding Web Content Management-Enabled SharePoint Sites

5. MOSS for Content Management Server Developers (Beta)Three papers + an analysis tool:

6. Office Developer Screencasts (applies to all of Office) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/aa905382.aspx

7. SharePoint Developer Map (also includes InfoPath and 2007 Office System posters)http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=771aeb45-9d27-4d1f-acd1-9b950637d64e&displaylang=en

8. MOSS and WSS Online Clinics. Online clinics covering SharePoint technology are free for a limited time!!! Check 'em out:

9. MOSS portal on the Office Developer Centerhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/moss
Includes the Upgrade and Migration Center for SharePoint Developers http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905505.aspx

10. SharePoint Developer Centerhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/sharepoint

11. 7 Development Projects for SharePoint – online book http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/2/f/02f0f661-88e1-43c2-b523-88d2e9e6802f/7%20development%20projects%20with%20the%202007%20microsoft%20office%20system%20and%20windows%20sharepoint%20services%202007.pdf

12. MSDN Community ContentMSDN Community Content is a way of providing Wiki-style annotations to core Microsoft documentation. For example, you can add code samples, remarks or “gotchas,” translations, or other comments that enhance or supplement the core MSDN documentation.

13. F1 Help from Visual Studio Document ExplorerFollow the steps in this blog post to receive F1 Help directly from your code in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.

http://blogs.msdn.com/randalli/archive/2006/07/28/sharepoint-development-tip-getting-context-sensitive-f1-help-directly-from-the-msdn-library.aspx

14. Project SDK DownloadI see a lot of questions about SharePoint integration with Project Server, and the Project SDK is also produced by my team. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2672f6f9-7028-4b30-99a2-18cb1eed1abe&DisplayLang=en

More from our SharePoint MVPs and Partners
SharePoint MVPs are also producing great lists of resources for SharePoint; here are two examples if you haven’t already seen them.

Note: I got this list from http://blogs.msdn.com/randalli/archive/2007/01/08/10-essential-resources-for-sharepoint-developers.aspx

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