SharePoint Development 101

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SharePoint Development 101 – or – Everything that you know is useful, but is still, somehow, wrong :) #spdev101

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SharePoint Development 101• What’s different?• What’s the same?• What tools do I need?• 10 things every SharePoint developer should know• How to get your code rejected by your SharePoint Architect(s)• Resources #spdev101

What’s different?• You get a lot of functionality for free – Authentication/Authorization – Page Templating – Workflow hosting/reporting – Data storage• You get aLO of functionality for free LOT – Federated Search T – Metadata management – Excel Data Services – Access Services – – Business Connectivity Services Scalable Service Hosting – Single Sign-On – Visio Workflow integration – Etc. – Etc. #spdev101

What’s different?• Website Structure – Web Application → Site Collection → S.C. Root Web → Subwebs• Deployment – Code → Assembly → Feature (usually) → Package (.WSP)• Fea⋅ture /ˈfit ər/ -noun ʃ 1. A functional unit of SharePoint functionality, scoped at a Farm, Web Application, Site Collection, or Web level• Packages – First added to the server farm – Then, deployed to individual web applications (or globally) #spdev101

What’s the same?• SharePoint is an ASP.Net app – Web.config – HTTPHandlers/HTTPModules – Authentication – Master Pages – Web Parts == Composite Server Controls • Inherit from System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPart – Postbacks/Event Lifecycle Model #spdev101

What tools do I need?• Virtual Machine w/ Visual Studio, SQL Server, Active Directory, IIS, and MS Office running a server OS (64-bit for SP 2010)• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SDK – BDC definition editor – Workflow samples and lots more• Microsoft SharePoint 2010 SDK – Documentation – Code samples• SharePoint Visual Studio add-ins Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2008 Extensions, Version 1.2 (VSeWSS)  WSPBuilder (for VS 2008/SP 2007 or VS/SP 2010)  Visual Studio 2010 Tools for SharePoint Development (SP 2010 Only) #spdev101

Add-Ins: SharePoint vs. Visual Studio SharePoint 2007 SharePoint 2010VS 2008 WSPBuilder WSPBuilderVS 2010 Visual Studio 2010 Tools for WSPBuilder SharePoint Development #spdev101

10 Things every developer shouldknow

10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know10.Whenever possible, avoid creating custom Site Definitions #spdev101

10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know9. Solution packages are NOT side-by- side, versioned deployments #spdev101

10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know8. Web.config changes should be made in code, not by hand • SPWebConfigModification #spdev101

10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know7. Sandbox limitations are not enforced at compile time. You need: • Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Power Tools • Office365 Sandbox FxCop Rules #spdev101

10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know6. Out of the box master & layout pages should never be modified #spdev101

10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know5. JavaScript and Publishing Content Pages do not play well together OK (In a Content Editor Web Part): <script type=“text/javascript">…</script> Not OK (CEWP or page content): <a href="#" onclick="javascript: …">link</a> List data is always stripped of JavaScript #spdev101

10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know4. Yes, you can have ASP.Net “yellow screen of death” callstacks on errors In your web.config file: 1. Set mode to “off” in the customErrors element 2. Set debug to “true” in the compilation element 3. Set CallStack to “true” in the SafeMode element In code! • SPWebConfigModification #spdev101

10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know3. There is a right and very wrong way to iterate through a SharePoint list OK: SPListItemsCollection items = myList.Items; for (int i = 0; i < items.Count; i++) { // loop } Not OK: foreach (SPListItem item in myList.Items) { // loop } #spdev101

10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know2. Many of the out-of-box web part classes are inheritable (but not all) You need: ILSpy #spdev101

10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know1. The rules for proper disposal of SharePoint objects isn’t cut & dry – but there is help. SPDisposeChe (Write ck down) this #spdev101

How to get your code rejected by your SharePoint Architecture Group• Don’t dispose of your SPSite and SPWeb (and related) objects properly – The SPDisposeCheck utility is invaluable for this• Use SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges when unnecessary or just plain badly• Log errors to whatever’s handy at the time• Make changes to the web.config file without consideration for others #spdev101

Resources• SPDisposeCheck Utility – http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SPDisposeCh eck• StackOverflow/SharePointOverflow – http://stackoverflow.com – http://sharepointoverflow.com• Twitter (really)• Your local SharePoint User Group #spdev101

Princeton User Group• Meets 2nd Wednesday of the Month• Located @ Infragistics in Cranbury, NJ• http://meetup.com/PrincetonSUG/• http://www.princetonsug.com• Upcoming Topics – Dan Usher & Scott Hoag – Pitfalls of Moving to SharePoint 2010 – Paul Galvin – Extending SharePoint Designer Workflows

Questions?

Thanks for coming!• Don’t forget your evaluations• You can find me at: • Blog: http://greghurlman.com • Twitter: @ghurlman • Email: greg@greghurlman.com • Princeton Area SharePoint User Group • SharePoint Saturday New York • PAX East 2012 #spdev101

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SharePoint Development 101

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