SharePoint 2010 Application Essentials

• Features
• Site and application pages
• Web Parts
• Events
• Workflows
• Web services
• ASP.NET

Manipulating the SharePoint Interface

Programming the SharePoint UI

• Exploring UI architecture
• Leveraging the Site Ribbon
• Customising options, server and client
• Considering application and content pages

Site collection and Webs

• Implementing SPSite and SPWeb
• Creating sites and subsites
• Working with SPFiles
• Applying site branding

Developing custom navigation

• Customising the Site Ribbon
• Controlling navigation through code
• Adding custom actions
• Employing the Dialog Framework

Creating Web Parts and Controls

Building Web Parts

• Assembling Web Part pages
• Applying Render and CreateChildControls correctly
• Personalising with properties
• Debugging techniques for Web Parts
• Putting the Web Part life cycle to work
• Inserting and configuring intrinsic Web Parts

Considering controls

• Identifying control types
• Creating and using ASCX files
• Extending existing controls
• Connecting Web Parts

Coding Events and Workflows

Responding to SharePoint notifications

• Triggering list and document events
• Working with event properties
• Creating tasks and sending e-mails
• Evaluating synchronisation state options
• Attaching event receivers

Applying Workflow Foundation

• Considering standard Workflow actions
• Leveraging workflow initiation properties
• Creating tasks
• Comparing HandleExternalEvent and CallExternalMethod
• Customising actions and importing actions from Designer

Establishing Timer Jobs and Business Connectivity Service

Scheduling recurring tasks with timers

• Programming timer jobs
• Managing and configuring timer jobs
• Debugging and monitoring timers

Leveraging the Business Connectivity Service (BCS)

• Interpreting the BCS model
• Defining inserts, updates and deletes
• Integrating with search

Organising SharePoint Data

Incorporating SharePoint Lists and Document Libraries

• Developing and manipulating lists and libraries with code
• Manipulating data fields programmatically
• Adding documents and working with versions

Accessing server-side data

• Generating and using content types
• Capturing list data with Linq
• SPQuery
• Query Governors
• SPSiteDataQuery
• Coding ADO.NET data services
• Accessing documents with code

Accessing client-side data

• Interpreting the Client Object Model
• Comparing JavaScript, .NET and Silverlight
• Accessing data with CAML and WCF Data Services
• Retrieving data from RESTFUL services

Deploying Applications as Solutions

• Designing features and packaging solutions
• Packing the application as a solution
• Analysing application configuration options
• Building sandboxed solutions