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Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer's Compendium: The Best of Packt for Extending SharePoint

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Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer's Compendium: The Best of Packt for Extending SharePoint

Overview of this book

The SharePoint platform is ideal for developers looking to build exciting solutions, and SharePoint 2010 is more equipped than ever for the task. While plenty of SharePoint titles will help you understand general SharePoint development techniques or spend time focusing on one method or tool, "Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer's Compendium: The Best of Packt for Extending SharePoint" offers you the option of using four different tools and platforms to achieve exceptional end user experience. This book fills the gap for a comprehensive SharePoint title which describes the end goal of a SharePoint developer. So often books focus on development techniques for one tool; this will get you on your way to developing a good business website with a great user experience, however, you choose to get there, be it using PowerShell, Visual Studio, Silverlight, Windows 7 Phone, or a combination of all four. "Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer's Compendium: The Best of Packt for Extending SharePoint" draws from five separate titles from Packt's existing collection of excellent SharePoint titles: Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Windows PowerShell 2.0: Expert Cookbook Microsoft Silverlight 4 and SharePoint 2010 Integration Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Development with Visual Studio 2010 Expert Cookbook Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Applications on Windows Phone 7 Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Business Application Development Blueprints "Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer's Compendium: The Best of Packt for Extending SharePoint" is an exciting mash-up of five existing Packt SharePoint titles for extending development techniques. It begins with two never before seen Packt chapters from an exciting new title, giving you a quick overview of the options available for extending SharePoint. It then moves on quickly to building a community site and discusses PowerShell scripting, as well as integrating Silverlight animations and helping you get to grips with SharePoint development on Windows Phone. With this book in hand you won't just find techniques for one development tool, you'll learn how to reach your end goal of developing a site with great user experience using a number of options at your fingertips.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer's Compendium: The Best of Packt for Extending SharePoint
Credits
About the Contributors
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Summary


This section heavily leverages the out of the box web parts and features to assemble a rich and interactive community site.

The customizations are grouped as follows:

Browser based configuration
  • Provision a Site Collection

  • Configure Content Query Web Part (CQWP)

  • Configure Web Analytics Web Part

  • Configure People Core Results Web Part

  • Configure Enterprise Wikis

  • Configure Advanced Navigation

  • Configure Note Board Web Part

  • Configure Tag Cloud Web Part

There are a number of additional types of content that may be beneficial to a community that were not covered in detail within this chapter. Items configured but not covered include threaded discussions, community events, and community links. The key is to find content that is relevant and make it as easy as possible for participants to contribute.

An effective community site can greatly enhance collaboration, innovation, and provide a foundation for user self-service. Providing an engaging site requires a mix of good content, features, and the ability...