SharePoint 2010 as a Development Platform, Ayman El-Hattab MVP

SharePoint 2010 as a Development Platform
Ayman El-Hattab
Technology Solution Professional
MEA Center of Expertise
SharePoint MVP
ayman@aymanelhattab.com
www.aymanelhattab.com

Session Objectives
Understand SharePoint editions and prerequisites.
Understand the features SharePoint offers as a development Platform.
Explore the differences between a site collection and a site.
Create site collections and sites
Create lists and libraries through the browser.
Use Web Part pages.

SharePoint Capabilities by Edition
Sites
Communities
Content
Search
Insights
Composites

Compare editions : http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/Pages/Editions-Comparison.aspx

System Requirements
OS requirements for SharePoint 2010
Windows Server® 2008 SP2 or later
Windows Server® 2008 R2
Must be 64 bit
SQL requirements
SQL Server 2005 SP2 or later
SQL Server 2008 SP1 CU2 or later
SP1 + KB970315
Must be 64 bit
You can use Windows Vista or Windows 7 for your development environments. Video: http://is.gd/js2FC

SP2010 as a Dev. Platform
SharePoint is a web application accessed through browser.
Everything in SharePoint is based on templates (Web Sites, Data structure and storage components, processes, User Interface elements)
Those templates are (XML + .NET) based.
SharePoint has an engine to create instances of those templates.
SharePoint has background services that run behind the scenes.

Customization Options

Components of a SharePoint Application
SharePoint applications are called “Solutions”.
Stand-alone solutions (ISV’s)
Reusable components that can be used by other solutions.
Consistent deployment model for devs and admins. (Portability, versioning, ALM, etc…)
All solution should use the platform services and frameworks provided by SharePoint foundation.

Components of a SharePoint Application
Data Structures and Storage
User Interfaces
Security
Background Services
Service APIs

Data Structures and Storage
SharePoint provides services for data and content
Modeling
Manipulating
Storing
Underlying mechanisms
Windows File System
SQL Server
For end-user, storage details are invisible.
For developer, storage details are abstract (API’s).

Data Structures and Storage API’s
API’s for working with data
CAML (XML Based)
Managed code
JavaScript and Silverlight client libraries
Various web services (SOAP, WCF and REST)
API’s support
Deploy data and content
Define and manage data structures.
Define and manage data stores.
Retrieve and manipulate data and content

Data API's
REST APIs
Strongly-typed lists
ClientOM
Weakly-typed lists
Client-side
Data Storage
SharePoint Data
External Data
ServerOM
Server-side
Weakly-typed lists
LINQ
Strongly-typed lists

User Interface
Data is worthless without UI.
Build SharePoint Web UI’s using:
ASP.NET
JavaScript
Silverlight
InfoPath (Enterprise)
Services allow for any client
Windows Forms
WPF
Non Windows Platforms

SharePoint 2010 Team Site

Major Shifts in SharePoint UI
Server ribbon
In-place editing
Popup dialog
AJAX refresh

Extensible UI Controls
Client Side actions in Ribbon added through Custom Actions
Context Sensitive Ribbon
The Ribbon
Status Bar
Notification Area

Dialog Framework
Keep the user in context
Operations without unnecessary post packs
Dialog Framework

Security
Authentication Vs. Authorization.
Windows Identity Foundation enables externalization of Authentication (Claims-Based)
Scenarios: Live ID, Facebook or Twitter Authentication.

Background Services
Long running services.
Search Indexing
Surfacing external data in SharePoint (BCS).
Word Automation Services
Service Application Framework
OOB Services
Custom Services
Administrative and configuration interfaces (Web, PowerShell,…)

Service API’s
Nothing is locked!
Access data and services from other clients.
Wide Variety:
SOAP Services
WCF Services
REST API’s (HTTP GET Request to retrieve data)
WebDAV
More …

SharePoint Vocabulary Review
FarmSPFarm
Site Collections
Site collection
SPSite
Root Site
Site SPWeb
Sub sites
Web ApplicationsSPWebApplication
Lists
Document Library - SPDocumentLibrary
List - SPList
Field 1 Field 2 Field 3
Field 1 Field 2 Field 3
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
Item 4
Item -SPListItem
File 1
File 2
File 3
File 4
File – SPFile
Folder - SPFolder

SharePoint Vocabulary Review
Pages: UI components that enable sites to display information and interact with users.
Web Part: Packaged personalizable unit of functionality that end-user can drop onto a page.
Web Part Page: A pre-designed page that is designed to accept web parts.
Wiki Page: Less rigid than a web part page and supports in place editing.
Site Pages Vs. Site Assets Library.

SharePoint 2010 as a Development Platform
Web Apps, Site Collections, Sites, Lists, Pages and Web Parts!
demo

Visual Studio 2010Developer Tools for SharePoint
Develop, Deploy and Debug
Web Part, BCS and Workflow designers
Package and Deploy SharePoint projects
Generate WSP for Production Deployment
View SharePoint site in Server Explorer
Team Foundation Server Integration
Web Part Designer
Project Types

SharePoint Object Model

SharePoint Designer 2010The No code tool for SharePoint
Free for creating and editing SharePoint artifacts
New Tools
Connect to external data
List Schema
Custom Actions
Task / Approval Designer
Improved Tools
Workflow Designer
Page Editor
SharePoint Designer work can be upgraded to Visual Studio 2010
“Save site as template” in SharePoint Site Settings creates solution package which can be imported to VS 2010

The SharePoint Powershell Snapin
Explicitly load SharePoint PowerShell snap-in from console or script
Implicitly load snap-in by using link in Windows Start menu
Begin using SharePoint Cmdlets

Recap: SP2010 as a Dev. Platform

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SharePoint 2010 as a Development Platform, Ayman El-Hattab MVP

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