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Put the power of SharePoint 2010 into practice

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As a first-class platform that has evolved significantly since its previous release, SharePoint 2010 now provides several advancements for the developer (native Visual Studio tools support, services and extensibility enhancements, and APIs), and many new capabilities (improved data programmability, line-of-business interoperability, and sandboxed solutions). With this authoritative guide, industry veteran Steve Fox provides expert guidance on developing applications as he walks you through the fundamentals of programming, explores the developer toolset, and provides practical code examples to teach you how to use many of SharePoint’s new developer features. You’ll quickly discover how SharePoint’s rich platform supports great collaboration, extensibility, and interoperability.

Beginning SharePoint 2010 Development:

• Guides you through the creation of your first SharePoint 2010 application

• Addresses working with SharePoint 2010 sites, lists, and Web parts

• Describes developing SharePoint applications using SharePoint Designer 2010

• Reviews standard and Visual Web parts, as well as data view Web parts

• Details integrating SharePoint with Microsoft® Office

• Explains how to secure your SharePoint 2010 applications

Steve Fox is a Technical Evangelist in the Developer Platform Evangelism group at Microsoft. He presents at many conferences and has written numerous articles.

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Part ⊲ I WELcoME to SharEPoINt 2010

Introduction to SharePoint 2010chaPtEr 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Getting Started with SharePoint 2010 DevelopmentchaPtEr 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Part I ⊲ I GEttING StartED WIth SharEPoINt 2010 DEVELoPMENt

SharePoint 2010 Developer ToolschaPtEr 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Common Developer Tasks in SharePoint 2010chaPtEr 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Programming Against SharePoint 2010 ListschaPtEr 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Building and Deploying SharePoint chaPtEr 6 Web Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Creating Your First SharePoint 2010 ApplicationchaPtEr 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

Part II ⊲ I aDVaNcED toPIcS for SharEPoINt 2010 DEVELoPMENt

Integrating Line-of-Business Data Using chaPtEr 8

Business Connectivity Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277

Creating Enhanced User Experiences for SharePoint chaPtEr 9

with Silverlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Developing Service-Oriented Applications for SharePoint 2010chaPtEr 10 . . . . . . .363

Integrating SharePoint with Microsoft OfficechaPtEr 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399

Securing Your SharePoint 2010 ApplicationschaPtEr 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433

Part ⊲ IV aPPENDIx

Where to Go from HereaPPENDIx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .449

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StEVE fox of Redmond, WA, is a Senior Technical Evangelist in the Developer Platform Evangelism group at Microsoft. He’s worked in the IT industry for more than 15 years, and has worked in the areas of natural language, search, developer tools, and, more recently, Office Business Application and SharePoint development. Fox also presents at both domestic and international conferences (such as TechEd, PDC, DevConnections, and SAP TechEd, among others), and has written a number of books such as Professional SharePoint 2007 Development using Silverlight 2 (Indianapolis: Wiley, 2009) and Microsoft .NET and SAP (Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 2009), as well as articles for MSDN Magazine and other technical magazines.

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DarrIN BIShoP is a speaker, author, and developer focusing on Microsoft SharePoint Technologies. He is the president and lead developer for Darrin Bishop Group, Inc., a Midwest-based Microsoft Partner focusing on SharePoint Technologies, portals, and collaboration. He is the author of The Rational Guide to Building SharePoint Web Parts (Greenland, N.H: Rational Press, 2008), as well as several articles in various magazines. Bishop is an international speaker and speaks at many SharePoint conferences, SharePoint Saturdays, MOSS Camps, and User Groups. He has been work-ing with SharePoint Technologies since the release of SharePoint Portal Server 2001.

ELI roBILLarD designs and guides the delivery of global SharePoint solutions as a Principal Architect at Infusion Development Corporation. He is a SharePoint Server MVP, a co-author of Professional SharePoint 2007 Development (Indianapolis: Wiley, 2007), founder of the Toronto SharePoint Users Group, co-chair of the Toronto SharePoint Camp, and past chair of a group of high-profile industry influencers and early-adopters known as the ASPInsiders. Robillard lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada where he also plays music and goes on adventures with Dawn, Irina, and their dog, Dakota.

KENNEth SchaEfEr is an independent developer and designer focusing on SharePoint and Web-based solutions.

BrENDoN SchWartz has worked in the Atlanta area User Group scene, and is known around town as one of the Atlanta .NET Regular Guys (www.devcow.com). He is currently on the INETA Board of Directors as the Vice President of Technology, and is a Microsoft MVP for ASP.NET. Today, Brendon works to solve real-world business problems with Microsoft technologies, such as SharePoint, Office, BizTalk, VSTS, and .NET technologies. In addition to presenting at local User Groups, he helped create the “Free Training 1,2,3!” series (www.freetraining123.com) to help developers learn Microsoft technologies. He presented material at the first SharePoint 1,2,3! event (www.sharepoint123.com), along with other members of the Atlanta Microsoft Professionals. Schwartz has helped on the leadership teams of five different User Groups. At the first Atlanta Code Camp in 2005, he presented material on ASP.NET mobile controls.

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