The process of developing software, including requirements gathering, solution design and analysis, implementation, testing, deployment, support and maintenance.
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How can I make a SharePoint open source project at home?
I have an idea for a small SharePoint solution that can be quite useful, and I'm thinking about writing it in my spare time. How can I do it?
This is a relatively small project, which I don't ...
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5answers
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How to update custom master page and page layout, which is already deployed
I have a feature which deploying custom page layout. It's done by this code:
<Module Name="MasterPageModule" Url ="_catalogs/masterpage">
<File Path="MasterPageModule\defaultTemplate.aspx" ...
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List of SharePoint development tools
What tools do you consider essential in your SharePoint development toolkit?
One answer per tool please so the community can vote!
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2answers
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When to use OpenWeb() vs RootWeb
I am a little confused on the pro's and con's of each. When is it good to use OpenWeb() vs RootWeb, especially in the context of a using statement.
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Find Document by GUID
I'm missing something that must be so simple that it's not even worth asking... but I have an object ID (GUID)... How do I figure out the document it points to?
For example I have a GUID of ...
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4answers
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Infrastructure knowledge for SharePoint developers
As a SharePoint developer I find that having a good understanding of the underlying infrastructure (such as Active Directory, DNS server, etc.) is very useful.
I must say I'm not that good when it ...
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How are you doing automated testing?
One area that I have always found a challenge is being able to get my automated builds (in whatever guise, MSBuild Nant etc) to deploy the created solution (WSP) to a remote machine, install and test ...
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How to access my “Outgoing E-Mail Settings” from code?
Is it possible for me to pull the values that are in:
Central Admin -> System Settings -> Configure outgoing e-mail settings
from my code behind using the object model?
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Can't install Sharepoint Foundation 2010 on Windows 7
I'd really like to prepare development environment for Sharepoint 2010. This is what I did:
I installed Windows 7 x64
I installed VMWare Workstation
Created a VM domain controller based on Windows ...
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How to choose a development computer for a SP 2010 environment?
I'm looking for a descent development computer that targets SharePoint 2010.
The computer must be a laptop and does not have to rely on a domain controller (or at least not all the time).
What are ...
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Safest way to get a date from Sharepoint into a C# datetime field, using object model?
If I have a Sharepoint list item with a date field.
How can I get the field value populated into a c# datetime object?
For example:
DateTime validfrom = Convert.ToDateTime(item["validfrom"]);
...
9
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2answers
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“Best Practices” for SharePoint customizations/development to easily migrate to new SharePoint versions
Do you know of any documents that describe “best practices” for SharePoint customizations (especially custom developments) in order for these customizations/code (for example web parts, event ...
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How do I connect with SharePoint Online Web Services in order to access list and taxonomy data?
I am using the SharePoint SOAP web services to try collecting list and taxonomy data from a site on SharePoint Online.
The following code works nicely when connected to a standalone SharePoint farm. ...
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4answers
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Getting my head round spsite vs spweb vs anything else
I am fairly new to Sharepoint development (But learning it rapidly due to some initiatives I have in place - not exams).
Anyway, one of my biggest stumbling blocks is the naming convention for ...
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2answers
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When to use SPItem vs SPListItem
I am confused on when to use SPItem vs SPListItem—specifically when grabbing items from a document library. What are the benefits of each and downsides of each.
