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Microsoft SharePoint 2010 development cookbook

By : Ed Musters
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Microsoft SharePoint 2010 development cookbook

By: Ed Musters

Overview of this book

<p>There is a heavy demand in the marketplace for SharePoint developers that you could take advantage of - if only you had the opportunity to acquire the relevant skills! But, SharePoint 2010 is a big old product with a steep learning curve &ndash; where do you begin? <br /><br />This book has been designed to take the experienced ASP.NET developer from &ldquo;beginner&rdquo; to &ldquo;professional&rdquo; SharePoint developer in the shortest amount of time. You will be productive on you very first SharePoint development assignment with the knowledge and skills that you learn here. You will have distilled the essence of the author&rsquo;s many years of training, and leading development teams in SharePoint. <br /><br />This book uncovers the most common &ldquo;pattern&rdquo; of typical SharePoint development tasks encountered in the real world and puts the topics in a logical order with detailed step-by-step recipes for you to follow. <br />The practical example given builds and flows throughout the chapters and topics. By the end of this book, you will be able to apply the concepts to the challenges ahead of you!</p>

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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Development Cookbook
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Development Cookbook
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewer
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Setting Up a Development Environment
Setting Up a Development Environment
Introduction
Selecting your virtual environment
Installing and configuring Windows Server 2008 R2
Installing and configuring SQL Server 2008 R2
Installing and configuring SharePoint Server 2010
Installing Microsoft Office 2010 Professional
Installing Visio Premium 2010
Installing SharePoint Designer 2010
Installing Visual Studio 2010
Installing recommended developer tools
Setting up your first web application
2
SharePoint Development with Visual Studio
SharePoint Development with Visual Studio
Introduction
Exploring Content Types and Site Columns
Features and Solutions
Creating new Site Columns
Packaging SharePoint Solutions
Creating new Content Types
Creating document libraries with Content Types
Feature Receivers
List Event Receivers
Feature Staplers
3
Web Part Development
Web Part Development
Introduction
Exploring Web Parts in SharePoint 2010
Creating and deploying Web Parts with Visual Studio 2010
Creating Visual Web Parts
Creating custom Web Part properties
Creating Editor Parts for custom Web Part properties
Creating Connected Web Parts
4
Development with SharePoint Designer 2010
Development with SharePoint Designer 2010
Introduction
Exploring SharePoint Designer 2010
Working with the XSLT List View Web Part
Creating List Forms with SharePoint Designer
Creating List Forms with InfoPath
Enabling Inline Edit mode
5
Using the ClientOM and REST
Using the ClientOM and REST
Introduction
Retrieving data using LINQ to SharePoint
Retrieving SharePoint data using the list data service
Working with the .NET Client Object Model
Working with the Silverlight Client Object Model
6
External Data
External Data
Introduction
Getting your data ready for the chapter
Using the Data Form Web Part with SQL Server
Using the Data Form Web Part with WCF data
External Content Types and Lists
Using Business Data Web Parts
7
SharePoint Workflows
SharePoint Workflows
Introduction
Using out-of-the-box workflows
Copying and extending out-of-the-box workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010
Using Visio 2010 to create workflows
Using SharePoint Designer 2010 to implement Visio 2010 workflows
Developing workflows in Visual Studio 2010
8
Web Content Management
Web Content Management
Introduction
Creating Publishing Pages
Modifying navigation settings
Creating and Using Page Layouts
SharePoint 2010 Branding
Index
Index

Creating document libraries with Content Types

Now we are going to create an actual document library with the Proposal Content Type attached.

How to do it...

Open the SP2010ProposalLibrary Visual Studio Solution you created in the previous recipe:

  1. Right-click on the SP2010ProposalLibrary and select Add | New Item.

  2. Select List Definition From Content Type from the presented list, provide a name such as ProposalDocumentLibrary and click on the Add button.

  3. A dialog will come up. Enter Proposal Document Library in response to the question What is the display name of the list definition?. Choose Proposal in the drop-down in response to the question What content type would you like to use for your list definition?. Ensure the checkbox is enabled for Add a list instance for this list definition, and click on the Finish button.

  4. In the Elements.xml (with a ListTemplate node) file that opens, change the Description attribute to something such as List Definition for the Proposal Document Library.

  5. In the...

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