Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Developer Tools Overview

Mike MortonSenior Program Manager – Visual StudioMicrosoft Corporation

Developer Tools for SharePoint

− Familiar VS Experience− Build, Debug, Deploy SharePoint

projects− Visual designers for Web Parts, BDC

and Workflows− View SharePoint sites in Server

Explorer− Team Foundation Server integration− Application Lifecycle Management

− Broad SharePoint Support− Supports SharePoint Foundation &

Server− Sandboxed & farm solutions− Business Connectivity Services− Expanded workflow support− SP Designer Visual Studio continuum

Developer Environment− Visual Studio 2010 & SharePoint 2010 on

same machine− Must use 64-bit OS

− Windows 7− Windows Vista SP1− Windows Server 2008 (R2)

− How to setup a SP2010 developer environment− http://

msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee554869.aspx

− SharePoint Easy Setup for Developers− http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cjohnson/archive/20

10/10/28/announcing-sharepoint-easy-setup-for-developers.aspx

Templates and Designers

− Project and Item Templates− Templates for many SharePoint artifacts− Wizards collect artifact information− Support for sandboxed solutions

− Visual Designers− Design web parts− Build Business Data Connectivity (BDC)

models− Create Workflows

− Workflow Enhancements− Site level workflows− Templates for association & initiation forms

Templates & Designers

Import

Export

Professional developer

Business Analyst/Process

DesignerDesign skeleton

workflow processes

View workflow visualizations

Design data-backed business

diagrams

Custom Web Parts

Code Workflows

Event Receivers

List Definitions

Application Pages

WSP Package

Designer/IW/Power UserCreate lists &

libs

Design Web Pages

Web part hook-up

Views & forms

Declarative Workflows

Development Continuum

Development Continuum

Project System

− Project commands− Package, Retract

− Project properties− Sandboxed, Site URL, etc…

− Features & Package nodes

− Mapped folders− Items/Files have

SharePoint specific properties

Features & Packaging

− Feature Designer− Add/Remove Items to

Feature− View/Change manifest

directly

− Package Designer− Add/Remove Items to

Package− View/Change manifest

directly

− Packaging Explorer− Hierarchically view all

Packages, Features, Artifacts in Solution (across projects)

Server Explorer Integration

− Provides hierarchical view of local SharePoint sites & artifacts

− View site collections, sites, features, lists, fields, etc…

− View properties of artifacts

Project System & Packaging

Extensibility

− Project Extensions− Context menus, project properties, project

events

− Project Item Extensions− Extend in-the-box items or create new items− Context menus, properties, events, designers,

wizards

− Server Explorer Extensions− Extend in-the-box nodes or create new nodes− Context menus, properties

Extensibility

− Deployment Extensions− New deployment steps & configurations− Handle deployment events− Custom conflict handling

− Packaging Validation Rules− Add custom feature/package validation rules− Rules are run during validation

− MSBuild Extensibility− Packaging is MSBuild based− Custom tasks can be created

Extensibility in the Wild

− Visual Studio Team recently released Power Tools− Enhanced Sandbox Support− http://

visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/8e602a8c-6714-4549-9e95-f3700344b0d9

− Community Kit for SharePoint: Dev Tools Edition− Project, item, deployment, and server explorer

extensions− http://cksdev.codeplex.com/

Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 Beta

− Available Now!− http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?

LinkId=207130− IntelliTrace

− Break execution then replay code showing Call Stack & other data

− Save iTrace log file for later viewing− Unit Tests

− Create & Execute unit tests in Visual Studio

IntelliTrace & Unit Tests

Resources

− MSDN SharePoint Developer Team Blog− MSDN SharePoint Developer Forum− MSDN SharePoint Developer Center− Channel9 SharePoint 2010 Developer Tr

aining Course− Microsoft Patterns & Practices

SP2010 guidance− SharePoint 2010 Developer Platform White Pa

per− SharePoint Developer Samples− MSDN Library – SP Development in VS2010

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