Professional SharePoint 2010 Development, Second Edition

APPENDIX

Additional Help and Resources

WHAT'S IN THIS APPENDIX?

• Included and additional help files

Developing for SharePoint involves bringing together a number of technologies, including SharePoint, developer tools, and web development technologies. To be effective in developing in SharePoint, you need to understand the resources available to help you, both from Microsoft and from the community. There are high-quality tools and documentation available from both resources.

HELP FILES FROM MICROSOFT

The key resource from Microsoft that every SharePoint developer should download is the SharePoint SDK. The SDK comes in two versions, one for SharePoint Foundation and another for SharePoint Server. You should download both sets of SDKs onto your development machine. You can find the SDKs at the Microsoft SharePoint Development Center at http://msdn.microsoft.com/sharepoint.

ONLINE HELP FROM MICROSOFT

One of the key resources available online for learning to develop with SharePoint is the MSDN Development Center for SharePoint at http://msdn.microsoft.com/sharepoint. Besides the Center, there are a number of other resources to look at, including the getting started website for SharePoint development at www.mssharepointdeveloper.com. In addition, Channel 9 from Microsoft has a number of videos available at http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/sharepoint/ to help you get started developing with SharePoint.

One key resource to keep track of is the SharePoint team blog. On this blog, the SharePoint ...