Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Unleashed - Softcover

Hoffman, Kevin Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0672329034 ISBN 13: 9780672329036

Publisher: Sams Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

This is the most comprehensive, practical guide to building enterpriseclass applications with SharePoint 2007, ASP.NET 2.0, Visual C# 2005, and the Microsoft Office 2007 system. Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Unleashed is designed for every working .NET developer: both those with SharePoint experience and those new to SharePoint. The authors thoroughly introduce SharePoint 2007 as a development platform and offer in-depth, example-rich coverage of every significant tool for programmers--from “Features and Solutions” to list events, from user profiles to Web Parts. You’ll walk step-by-step through building each major type of SharePoint application. You’ll also find in-depth coverage of SharePoint 2007’s rich collection of built-in Web services, including services for building document workspaces, centralizing the management of Excel spreadsheets, ensuring security, and much more.

  

Detailed information on how to…

• Use CAML, SharePoint’s XML-based language for defining content, manipulating searches, and more
• Work with the SharePoint Object Model
• Build reusable packages for easy deployment to SharePoint server farms
• Program SharePoint webs, sites, document libraries, and files
• Leverage SharePoint 2007’s improved lists and new list events
• Manipulate and query meetings and Meeting Workspaces
• Integrate external business data into SharePoint applications
• Construct business workflows for enterprise content management and other applications
• Program ASP.NET-based SharePoint Web Parts, from the basics to state-of-the-art techniques
• Create Web Parts that can provide and consume data through connections
• Use SharePoint 2007’s built-in Web services for managing document and Meeting Workspaces, imaging, and lists
• Centralize spreadsheet storage and management with Excel Services
• Manage user profiles and enhance application security
• Debug and deploy SharePoint 2007 applications
• Work with Records Repositories and metadata

 

Introduction  1

1              Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML) Primer  5

 

Part I        Programming with the SharePoint Object Model 

2              Introduction to the SharePoint Object Model  15

3              Programming with Features and Solutions  25

4              Working with Sites and Webs  35

5              Managing SharePoint Lists  47

6              Advanced List Management  59

7              Handling List Events  69

8              Working with Document Libraries and Files  83

9              Working with Meetings  97

 

Part II        Enterprise Content Management

10             Integrating Business Data  109

11             Creating Business Data Applications  121

12             Working with User Profiles  135

13             Building Workflows  147

 

Part III       Programming SharePoint Web Parts

14             ASP.NET Server Control Primer  163

15             Introduction to Web Parts  173

16             Developing Full-Featured Web Parts  191

17             Building Web Parts for Maintaining SharePoint 2007 Lists  205

18             Building Connected Web Parts  217

19             Debugging and Deploying Web Parts  229

 

Part IV      Programming the SharePoint 2007 Web Services

20             Using the Document Workspace Web Service  241

21             Using the Imaging Web Service 255

22             Using the Lists Web Service 273

23             Using the Meeting Workspace Web Service  291

24             Working with User Profiles and Security  307

25             Using Excel Services  321

26             Working with the Web Part Pages Web Service  337

27             Using the Business Data Catalog Web Services  347

28             Using the Workflow Web Service  359

29             Working with Records Repositories  369

30             Additional Web Services  377

Index  387

 

About this title

About the Author

Kevin Hoffman wrote his first line of code more than 21 years ago. When he received his first computer, a Commodore VIC-20, he became addicted immediately and has been writing code and learning as much about programming and the art of software development ever since. He has worked in many industries writing applications for the .NET Framework since the original 1.0 release, and, more recently, has been involved in development for the .NET Framework 3.0 and SharePoint 2007. He is currently a Research Developer for Liquidnet Holdings, one of the largest global institutional equities brokers, working on many varied technologies, including the .NET Framework and SharePoint 2007.

 

Rob Foster is an enterprise architect in Nashville, Tennessee. He began writing code at the age of 10 when he purchased his first computer, a Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer 2, with money that he received for his birthday. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a BBA in Computer Information Systems and holds several certifications, including MCSD, MCSE, MCDBA, and MCT. In 2000 with the PDC bits in hand, Rob founded the Nashville .NET Users Group (http://www.nashdotnet.org), which is a charter member of INETA. He has been writing and designing .NET applications since version 1.0, as well as has been implementing SharePoint solutions since SharePoint 2001. In his spare time, Rob enjoys writing books and articles relating to SharePoint and .NET. Rob lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, with his wife, Leigh, and two sons, Andrew and Will.

From the Back Cover

This is the most comprehensive, practical guide to building enterpriseclass applications with SharePoint 2007, ASP.NET 2.0, Visual C# 2005, and the Microsoft Office 2007 system. Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Unleashed is designed for every working .NET developer: both those with SharePoint experience and those new to SharePoint. The authors thoroughly introduce SharePoint 2007 as a development platform and offer in-depth, example-rich coverage of every significant tool for programmers--from “Features and Solutions” to list events, from user profiles to Web Parts. You’ll walk step-by-step through building each major type of SharePoint application. You’ll also find in-depth coverage of SharePoint 2007’s rich collection of built-in Web services, including services for building document workspaces, centralizing the management of Excel spreadsheets, ensuring security, and much more.

  

Detailed information on how to…

• Use CAML, SharePoint’s XML-based language for defining content, manipulating searches, and more
• Work with the SharePoint Object Model
• Build reusable packages for easy deployment to SharePoint server farms
• Program SharePoint webs, sites, document libraries, and files
• Leverage SharePoint 2007’s improved lists and new list events
• Manipulate and query meetings and Meeting Workspaces
• Integrate external business data into SharePoint applications
• Construct business workflows for enterprise content management and other applications
• Program ASP.NET-based SharePoint Web Parts, from the basics to state-of-the-art techniques
• Create Web Parts that can provide and consume data through connections
• Use SharePoint 2007’s built-in Web services for managing document and Meeting Workspaces, imaging, and lists
• Centralize spreadsheet storage and management with Excel Services
• Manage user profiles and enhance application security
• Debug and deploy SharePoint 2007 applications
• Work with Records Repositories and metadata

 

Introduction  1

1              Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML) Primer  5

 

Part I        Programming with the SharePoint Object Model 

2              Introduction to the SharePoint Object Model  15

3              Programming with Features and Solutions  25

4              Working with Sites and Webs  35

5              Managing SharePoint Lists  47

6              Advanced List Management  59

7              Handling List Events  69

8              Working with Document Libraries and Files  83

9              Working with Meetings  97

 

Part II        Enterprise Content Management

10             Integrating Business Data  109

11             Creating Business Data Applications  121

12             Working with User Profiles  135

13             Building Workflows  14

Edition details

• Publisher: Sams Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0672329034
• ISBN 13: 9780672329036
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432