What are the best ways to learn sharepoint2010/2007?

1)Try to read articles from Microsoft.Office ,MSDN or Technet completely .
2)Study the 14/12 hive structure and all the aspx pages inside it.grab the keywords from the pages and search on google.
3)Refer the nice books which provide miscellaneous , tricky things and tips
3)Complete all virtual labs.
4)Study for certifications .
6)View and make notes from videos and Screen casts.
7)Refer the SharePoint msdn Quick Notes

Certification in Sharepoint 2010 for Developers

Any Certifications you do , validates yourself for the skills you have in corresponding technology (Not just reading dumps and passing , but with actual studies :) ).

This post is to inspire you for doing certification in Sharepoint 2010
For Developers
Exam 70-573:
TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Application Development


Good resources for preparing
1)Microsofts Elearning
2)Channel 9 videos
Go through the contents and preapre for exam .All the best!!
If anyone has passed this exam , can share his/her experiance here..

How to use Jquery in sharepoint development??

Hello All,

      Jquery is the powerful tool for customization and doing the things in much faster way.So its definitely effective , to use Jquery in sharepoint develpment where ever possible.

Work out on this code to start with Jquery and Sharepoint
its shared by Mohamed Mosallem



Click here to get some More Google Image Results

here to get some More Google Results

Visual learning is always effective and faster . So dont miss to view the following videos

Click here to contact the Jquery Guys if you are facing any issue

I think this is enough to digest the jquery in Sharepoint :)

Smart SP tools for Smart Sharepointing....... :)

Before developing any Software one needs to take care of best practices for good purformance and bug proof software..
Here i will list some of the ways in few days....
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Working hard to meet deadlines becomes nightmare for any developer. So I thought,
why not to find  some smart ways 'To work smart not Hard'
for Sharepoint Development, i found some tools
1)Must Have and Top 10 tools
2)...And what more!!  Our Lord Google is always there to get Quick info .. :)

Now we should only improve on 1)how to get it and 2)how beautifuly we implement it facing the issues.

Whats new in Sharepoint 2010? -A Quick overview

1)Visual Webpart

Visual webpart allows to query any list(without writing CAML query) or database with linq query and .ascx code provides the presentation logic for particular webart

for example

1)Linq to Sharepoint

2)

2)BCS External Content Type

 

BCS external content type allows the contents of list to be used by external application like outlook

Microsoft Business Connectivity Services (BCS), formerly named the Business Data Catalog, provides read/write access to external data from line-of-business (LOB) systems, Web services, databases, and other external systems within Microsoft SharePoint 2010. SharePoint 2010 has product features that can use external data directly, both online and offline. Developers can gain access to a rich set of features and rapidly build solutions by using familiar tools such as Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010.

1)http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee557936.aspx

2)http://claytoncobb.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/business-connectivity-services-creating-an-external-content-type

3)Enterprise Content Management

Coming soon......

 

Learn Basics of XSLT,Jquery with the interactive tutorials

Hi ,

As both XSLT and Jquery is required for Customization in sharepoint,I am adding some links to start with,

• XSLT Zvon Tutorial(88 Examples)
• Visual Jquery
• Jquery for beginners
• Jquery Tutorial with Running Examples(Its too good,I like it!!)

Dont stop yourself just by reading the above links, Now start practising on online IDEs
 Use CodeRun,

  
Hope you will enjoy it!!

Customizing the Search Result By XSLT Using Dataform View

1. Choose Site Actions -> Edit Page
2. Locate the "Search Core Results" web part, and choose "Edit" -> "Modify Shared WebPart"
3. Locate "Data View Properties" and choose the huge "XSL Editor..." button :)

Step 1)Modify the XSLT of the Search Core Results Web Part to get the raw XML

Step 2)
Replace the existing XSLT markup from the Search Core Results Web Part with the following snippet (which basically just give us the raw XML output when searching): as shown  in above

Step 3)Make use of the raw XML that SharePoint generated for us in the Search Core Results Web Part (Save this xml  file)

  Step  4)Open  the ASPX page in sharepoint designer and add DataFormview Webpart and Provide datasource as this xml file. Click on Change layout.Do the necessary changes.

Step 5)Get  the generated xml and  Paste in Search Core Results WebPart's XML-section.

Step 6)Publish this page and find the required output

Some more example  for XSLT transformations
1)Building a Pivot View Web Part based on Multi-value Column
2)Extending Custom Query Webparts
... Will be adding some more examples