Do’s & Don’ts for SharePoint DevelopersJeremy ThakeSharePoint MVP@jthake

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SPSPerth

Dispose correctly!

Manually deploy assemblies to GAC

Deploy debug assemblies to Test/Prod

Iterate SPListItemsCollection

Makecab.exe to create WSPs

Always deploy to /_layouts/

Swallow Exceptions

Custom Logging

Use inline code in User Controls

xcopy to SharePoint Root

Edit out of the box files

Solutions Register• Custodian• Development Team• Complexity• Source Control Location

Deployment Guides• Description of Artefacts• Acceptance Tests• Deployment Steps• Branch/Label each release

Tools• CKS:Dev• ULS Viewer• SPDisposeCheck

Leverage out of the box functionality• Content Query Web Part• Publishing Pages• ULS• CAML• Web Services / REST• Cache• Data View Web Part

Build Common Libraries• Logging• Cache• Class Extensions• Helpers

Developer Dashboard

Naming standards• CONSISTENCY!

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