SSW Update - Do you develop inside a VM for SharePoint?
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All SharePoint customization and development must be done on a Virtual Machine. No ifs, no buts.

  1. It's very important to correctly setup a SharePoint environment for development. Correctly configured, this will save you a lot of trouble later on.
  2. From time to time, you can seriously screw/damage a SharePoint installation during development and it is best not to install SharePoint on your day-to-day machine.
  3. Additionally, when you start a new SharePoint project you don't want to carry all the baggage from previous customizations that could potentially affect your new project.

There are many other benefits of using a virtual machine for development

  1. Virtual machines can be fired up and shut down easily
  2. Virtual machines can run faster, via being located on a different server and thus it doesn't waste developers' own computer resources
  3. Virtual machines can be copied and brought to a client for demonstration or testing
  4. They are the best way to quickly test or experiment with something new
  5. Bad: There might be more work required to activate additional servers
  6. Bad: You need at least 2 GB of RAM

If you are after a clean, pre-configured SharePoint server image to test SharePoint, the easiest way is to download a trial VM from Microsoft

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When you create a Listview based on a list in sharepoint using SharePoint designer, you are limited to only that site. If you then want to create a template out of this site you will face some challenges because the list is bound to the List ID. Wouldn't it be great if the dataview was bound to the Listname instead? Learn how to in this session and also how to create a Remote list viewer. No code required, just configuration.

SharePoint - follow the Yellow Brick Road to Public Web Sites by Adam Cogan

Come join us as we learn how the largest public SharePoint site in Australia (www.WorleyParsons.com) got up and running.

Adam Cogan of SSW will share his experience and lessons learnt on this project. Adam will also show you how to “sexify“ the look and feel of your site (or “de-SharePointing with style“)

More info:

  1. Why companies want SharePoint’s Web Content Management
  2. How to sexify the look and feel (aka de-SharePointing with style)
  3. Reducing use of tables via ASP.NET control adapters
  4. Cross-browser compatibility ?the easy way with JQuery
  5. How to use the Custom Navigation Control Adapters ?the golden pearl
  6. Customizing SharePoint web parts
  7. How to deploy (and how you can avoid three all-nighters)
  8. Performance - targeting anonymous users
  9. The lessons learned (aka rules)

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Monday 16th February 2009

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SharePoint - follow the Yellow Brick Road to Public Web Sites by Adam Cogan

Come join us as we learn how the largest public SharePoint site in Australia (www.WorleyParsons.com) got up and running.

Adam Cogan of SSW will share his experience and lessons learnt on this project. Adam will also show you how to “sexify“ the look and feel of your site (or “de-SharePointing with style“)

More info:

  1. Why companies want SharePoint’s Web Content Management
  2. How to sexify the look and feel (aka de-SharePointing with style)
  3. Reducing use of tables via ASP.NET control adapters
  4. Cross-browser compatibility ?the easy way with JQuery
  5. How to use the Custom Navigation Control Adapters ?the golden pearl
  6. Customizing SharePoint web parts
  7. How to deploy (and how you can avoid three all-nighters)
  8. Performance - targeting anonymous users
  9. The lessons learned (aka rules)

To see more details and RSVP, please visit our facebook .NET group or our LinkedIn .NET group.


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Come and join us as we learn how the largest public SharePoint site in Australia (www.WorleyParsons.com) got up and running.
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