Intermediate SharePoint 2007 Development Boot Camp

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Objectives

This 3 day class is for developers that have a power-user's familiarity with SharePoint 2007 and basic ASP.NET development skills. At the end of this course, a developer will have the skills to productively contribute to most SharePoint development projects.

Each unit includes a hands-on lab. Each attendee receives a book of ~400pp and resources for all samples and labs.

Students who master the concepts in this course will be able to:

• Create and use ASP.NET membership providers and Forms Based Authentication
• Use Visual Studio to define features and create Web Solution Packages
• Use multiple feature elements to create complex solutions and list definitions
• Create and debug .NET components using Visual Studio
• Create and deploy user controls and Web Parts
• Work with lists and list data using the SharePoint object model
• Create custom workflows using ASP.NET and Workflow Foundation

Experience

This course requires a good understanding of SharePoint from a power-user perspective and basic knowledge of ASP.NET and Visual Studio development.

Course Outline

Forms Based Authentication and Anonymous Access

• Authorization and Permissions
• Zones
• Forms Based Authentication and Anonymous Access
• Using ASPNetSQLMembershipProvider and ASPNetSQLRoleProvider
• Configuring Anonymous Access
• Creating a Custom Membership Provider

Features

• Types of Features
• Feature Scopes
• Feature Activation, Dependencies, and Stapling
• Feature Receivers

Solution Development

• Creating a Development Environment
• Creating and Deploying Solutions
• Common Failure Modes
• Tools and Techniques to Simplify Package and Deployment

Features and Solutions Capstone

• Provisioning a List with a Feature
• Creating a Lookup Site Column with a Feature Receiver
• Creating Custom List Definitions with Content Types and Site Columns

Site Definitions

• Understanding Site Definitions
• Creating Custom Site Definitions
• Specify Site Elements and Features Using Onet.xml

Programming Fundamentals

• The Microsoft.SharePoint Namespace
• Deploying Controls
• Elevation of Privileges
• Debugging Assemblies
• Code Access Security

Controls and Web Parts

• Creating User Controls
• Delegate Controls
• Creating Web Parts
• Web Part Connections

Advanced List Concepts

• Manipulating Lists and List Items Programmatically
• Lists and Cross-site queries
• Events
• Custom Field Types

Developing Workflows

• Workflow Basics
• Creating and Integrating Custom Association Forms with ASP.NET
• Creating and Integrating Custom Task Forms with ASP.NET