You're Doing It Wrong: A New Developer's Primer for SharePoint

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1. You’re Doing It Wrong: A New Developer’s Primer for SharePoint – or – Everything that you know is useful, but is still, somehow, very, very wrong. #spdev101
2. Wake up!
4. Me: Technical Lead @ Planet Technologies Developer Father Community Organizer Virginia Tech Hokie Penny Arcade Expo Enforcer UNSC M12 FAV “Warthog” gunner World Famous Jungle Cruise Skipper (ret.) #spdev101
5. Who are you?
6. SharePoint Development 101 • What do you get? • What’s the same? • What tools do I need? • Key dev concepts you need to know • 10 things every SharePoint developer should know • How to get your code rejected by your SharePoint Architect(s) • Resources #spdev101
7. • You get a LOT of functionality for free – Federated Search – Excel Data Services – Business Connectivity Services – Single Sign-On – Etc. What do you get? • You get a lot of functionality for free – Authentication/Authorization – Page Templating – Workflow hosting/reporting – Data storage – Metadata management – Access Services – Scalable Service Hosting – Visio Workflow integration – Etc. #spdev101
8. What’s different? • Website Structure – Web Application → Site Collection → S.C. Root Web → Subwebs • Deployment – Code → Assembly → Feature (usually) → Package (.WSP) • Fea⋅ture /ˈfitʃər/ -noun 1. A functional unit of SharePoint functionality, scoped at a Farm, Web Application, Site Collection, or Web level • Packages – First added to the server farm – Then, deployed to individual web applications (or globally) #spdev101
9. What’s the same? • SharePoint is an ASP .Net app – Web.config – HTTPHandlers/HTTPModules – Authentication – Master Pages – Web Parts == Composite Server Controls • Inherit from System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPart – Postbacks/Event Lifecycle Model #spdev101
10. What tools do I need? • Virtual Machine w/ Visual Studio, SQL Server, Active Directory, IIS, and MS Office running a server OS (64-bit for SP 2010) • Microsoft SharePoint 2010 SDK – Documentation – Code samples • SharePoint Visual Studio add-ins Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2008 Extensions, Version 1.2 (VSeWSS)  WSPBuilder (for VS 2008/SP 2007 or VS/SP 2010)  Visual Studio 2010 Tools for SharePoint Development (SP 2010 Only)  Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 - Preview 2 (SP 2013 only, SP 2010 is OOB) #spdev101
11. Add-Ins: SharePoint vs. Visual Studio WSPBuilder WSPBuilder NOPE :( WSPBuilder Visual Studio 2010 Tools for SharePoint Development NOPE :( NOPE :( Built-in :D Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 - Preview 2 SharePoint 2007 SharePoint 2010 VS 2008 VS 2010 #spdev101 SharePoint 2013 VS 2012
12. Key dev concepts you need to know • Memory management (IDisposable) • ASP .Net Web Forms page lifecycle (Page events) • Exception handling & process flow (try/catch/finally) • HTML & CSS (raw, not just thru server controls) • JavaScript (SharePoint Client-Side Object Model) • JavaScript (jQuery) • JavaScript (KnockoutJS, Modernizr, etc) • Regular Expressions (because SCIENCE)
13. 10 things every developer should know
14. 10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know 10. Whenever possible, avoid creating custom Site Definitions #spdev101 • Use Web Templates
15. 10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know 9. Solution packages are NOT side-by-side, versioned deployments #spdev101
16. 10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know 8. Web.config changes should be made in code, not by hand • SPWebConfigModification #spdev101
17. 10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know 7. Sandbox limitations are not enforced at compile time. You need: • Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Power Tools • Office365 Sandbox FxCop Rules #spdev101
18. 10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know 6. Out of the box master & layout pages should never be modified #spdev101
19. 10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know 5. JavaScript and Publishing Content Pages do not play well together OK (In a Content Editor Web Part): <script type=“text/javascript">…</script> Not OK (CEWP or page content): <a href="#" onclick="javascript: …">link</a> List data is always stripped of JavaScript #spdev101
20. 10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know 4. Yes, you can have ASP .Net “yellow screen of death” callstacks on errors In your web.config file: 1. Set mode to “off” in the customErrors element 2. Set debug to “true” in the compilation element 3. Set CallStack to “true” in the SafeMode element In code! • SPWebConfigModification #spdev101
21. 10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know 3. There is a right and very wrong way to iterate through a SharePoint list OK: SPListItemsCollection items = myList.Items; for (int i = 0; i < items.Count; i++) { // loop } Not OK: foreach (SPListItem item in myList.Items) { // loop } #spdev101
22. 10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know 2. Many of the out-of-box web part classes are inheritable (but not all) You need: ILSpy #spdev101
23. 10 Things Every SharePoint Developer Should Know 1. The rules for proper disposal of SharePoint objects isn’t cut & dry – but there is help. SPDisposeCheck (Write this down) #spdev101
24. How to get your code rejected by your SharePoint Architecture Group • Don’t dispose of your SPSite and SPWeb (and related) objects properly – The SPDisposeCheck utility is invaluable for this • Use SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges when unnecessary or just plain badly • Log errors to whatever’s handy at the time • Make changes to the web.config file without consideration for others #spdev101
25. Resources • SPDisposeCheck Utility – http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SPDisposeCheck • StackOverflow/SharePointOverflow – http://stackoverflow.com – http://sharepointoverflow.com • Twitter (#SPHelp) • Your local SharePoint User Group #spdev101
26. Demo!
27. Questions?
28. Thanks for coming! • Don’t forget your evaluations • You can find me at: • Blog: http://greghurlman.com • Twitter: @ghurlman • Email: greg@greghurlman.com • Princeton Area SharePoint User Group • SharePoint Saturday New York & New Jersey • Manticore Theatre @ PAX East #spdev101
29. Photo Credits • http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewebel/4542976737/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/photojonny/2268845904/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/damaradeaella/2822846819/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/3890013824/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/tommarker/474596167/ #spdev101