Paul Andrew

Removing the Kernel Debugger and Editing the BOOT.INI on Windows 7

2010-01-06T18:10:00Z

The VHD base that I use for building Virtual Machine images for Windows 7 comes with the Kernel Debugger enabled. With the Kernel Debugger enabled you cannot start the Visual Studio 2010 debugger. Here's how I had to remove it. You can't just edit BOOT.INI any longer since these parameters are stored elsewhere and a new tool BCDEDIT.EXE must be used.

Start an administrative command prompt.

BCDEDIT /debug OFF

It will say the operation completed successfully. Now reboot and then start Visual Studio 2010 again.

SharePoint Visual Studio 2010 extensions on CodePlex SPVSX

2010-01-06T16:37:00Z

Wes Hackett, Matt Smith, Martin Hatch, Glyn Clough and a few others have been working on some Visual Studio 2010 extensions to help SharePoint development. These also build on the superb new extensibility options specifically in the SharePoint tools in Visual Studio 2010. These extensions include:

XCopy deployment options
Item templates for custom actions and delegate controls
Server Explorer extensions for Web Part Gallery and for importing Content Type into the VS project

SPDisposeCheck Automating from Stephen Vick

2010-01-06T16:33:00Z

Stephen Vick has written a nice simple article on automating SPDisposeCheck in your Visual Studio projects.

Try out Wouters SharePoint 2010 Dev Tools

2010-01-05T21:35:00Z

The new SharePoint 2010 tools in Visual Studio 2010 have lots of options for extensibility and Wouter van Vugt has been working on some great extensions for developers. Take a look at his videos of the tools here. He has included:

Sandboxed Visual Web Part Designer
SPMetal integration in Visual Studio for creating Linq to SharePoint proxys
Some Quck Deploy Steps in SharePoint Solution Deployment

Here's a walkthrough building an Event Receiver in VSeWSS

2009-12-21T02:51:00Z

http://weblogs.com.pk/khurram/archive/2009/12/14/vsewss-sharepoint-event-receivers.aspx

Here's a couple of helpful observations on VSeWSS 1.3

2009-12-21T02:25:00Z

http://www.msprogrammer.com/index.php/tag/vsewss/

Sharing VSeWSS experiences

2009-10-26T16:06:00Z

Clyde Barretto has shared his experiences getting started with the Visual Studio 2008 extensions for SharePoint here. Maybe this will help someone else.

Super Short Summary of my SharePoint Conference Talk

2009-10-20T20:47:00Z

My talk at the SharePoint Conference 2009 was The Overview of the SharePoint 2010 Developer Platform. Here are the things that I talked about. I only had 75 minutes including demos but for each of these great new features for Developers we have drill down talks at the show this week.

Development on Windows 7
Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint tools
SharePoint Designer 2010
Developer Dashboard
Business Connectivity Services
SharePoint List Improvements
XSLT Views for Lists
Data API Options
LINQ to SharePoint
Client Object Model
REST APIs
SharePoint Event Enhancements
Workflow Improvements
SharePoint Service Applications
Ribbon and Dialog Framework
Silverlight
Sandboxed Solutions
SharePoint Online
Upgrade and Packaging
Team Foundation Server

SharePoint 2010 Developer Content Published

2009-10-20T05:26:00Z

Wow, we disclosed all the new features of SharePoint 2010 yesterday at the SharePoint Conference. I spent my day rehearsing my demos, then sitting in the front row of the keynote, then giving my talk, then standing at the SharePoint booth in the exhibit hall, then at a function for SharePoint MVPs. I didn’t go running in the morning like Steve Ballmer did.

Microsoft is making a significant investment for Developers in SharePoint 2010 and you will see it’s much more a focus than before. Here are some of the places you can read about developer information for SharePoint 2010.

Overview of SharePoint 2010 for Developers presented by me.
http://sharepoint2010.microsoft.com/product/Benefits/IT-Developers/Pages/Top-Features.aspx

The SharePoint 2010 Developer Evaluation Guide and six walkthroughs.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167784

A complete online eLearning Course for SharePoint Developer including Videos, Hands on Labs and Code Samples. Note: Since SharePoint 2010 is not yet available, you cannot do the hands on labs yet.
http://MSSharePointDeveloper.com

A whitepaper by David Chappell describing the SharePoint 2010 Developer Platform.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167783

A giant wall poster you can print showing the breadth of the SharePoint 2010 Developer Platform.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167786

A learning plan for Developers and IT Professionals on SharePoint 2010.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167787

The MSDN SDK online for SharePoint 2010.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd776256.aspx

Some brief overview videos from Microsoft Learning on SharePoint 2010.
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/_silverlight/learningsnacks/SP10/snack01/Default.html

MSDN Discussion Forum for SharePoint 2010.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepoint2010general/threads/

An article on upgrading code from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee662217(office.14).aspx

Details of how to install SharePoint 2010 for developers on Windows 7:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee554869(office.14).aspx

The Public Beta of SharePoint 2010 will be available in November 2009.

Write up on the Sneak Peek

2009-07-21T23:36:00Z

Craig Roth wrote a review of the Sneak Peek videos here:

http://knowledgeforward.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/a-first-look-at-sharepoint-2010/

SharePoint 2010 Sneak Peek

2009-07-13T16:34:00Z

Today we introduced a sneak peek of SharePoint 2010. We’re only announcing a few of the many new features right now, but there’s some exciting stuff in the list today to talk about.

We’re showing off six key new features for developers in SharePoint 2010.

1) Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint tools

2) Language Integrated Query to SharePoint

3) Developer Dashboard

4) Business Connectivity Services

5) Client Object Model

6) Silverlight Web Part

There are screenshots, video and descriptions of each feature. We also have important tips for getting ready for SharePoint 2010.

There’s not only developer content, but also an Overview Sneak Peek and an IT Professional Sneak Peek.

Check out all the details on the SharePoint 2010 web site here or take a direct link to the professional developers page here.

Automated Builds with VSeWSS 1.3

2009-06-27T06:42:00Z

I just came across this blog post from John W Powell detailing his experience creating automated builds with VSeWSS 1.3.

New Web Development Tutorial with VSeWSS 1.3

2009-05-30T07:05:00Z

Just came across this tutorial for doing web page development and deploying them using VSeWSS 1.3

http://geeksconnected.com/jamil/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=19

OFC204 - Sample Code and Demos I showed at TechEd Last Week

2009-05-18T21:17:00Z

At my TechEd talk last week I showed Visual Studio 2008 extensions for SharePoint 1.3 and I demo'd creating a simple web part that shows data from a SharePoint list in a grid. I also showed command line builds which is one of the features we added in VSeWSS 1.3 and I showed the SPDisposeCheck tool.

For the demos I used the WSS Developer VPC which is available here. I uninstalled the VSeWSS 1.2 that comes on that image and installed the VSeWSS 1.3 from here. I also installed SPDisposeCheck from here.

So that's my machine image to which I also created a sample Employees list and a Projects list in the default SharePoint site. Here's the code that I used in the first demo. Pretty simple stuff.

namespace WebPart1

{

[Guid("64a11214-36e3-4b1a-b8a7-fbb0ca9370c6")]

public class WebPart1 : System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPart

{

public WebPart1()

{

}

protected override void CreateChildControls()

{

SPGridView customerGridView = new SPGridView();

SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web;

SPList list = web.Lists["Employees"];

SPQuery query = new SPQuery(list.DefaultView);

query.Query = "<Where><Eq><FieldRef Name='JobTitle' /><Value Type='Text'>SDE</Value></Eq></Where>";

SPListItemCollection items = list.GetItems(query);

AutoAddColumns(customerGridView, list);

customerGridView.DataSource = items.GetDataTable();

customerGridView.DataBind();

Controls.Add(customerGridView);

base.CreateChildControls();

}

private void AutoAddColumns(SPGridView gridView, SPList list)

{

gridView.AutoGenerateColumns = false;

foreach (string fieldname in list.DefaultView.ViewFields)

{

SPField field = list.Fields.GetFieldByInternalName(fieldname);

BoundField column = new BoundField();

column.DataField = field.StaticName;

column.HeaderText = field.Title;

gridView.Columns.Add(column);

}

TechEd in Los Angeles Next Week

2009-05-07T23:21:00Z

I'm presenting at TechEd in Los Angeles next week. If you're at the event I hope you'll come to my talk. It is "OFC204 Easy SharePoint Development with VSeWSS 1.3".

The talk is suitable for developers who currently don't work on SharePoint. I will demo the coding of building a simple SharePoint web parts that accesses SharePoint data lists. I will also talk about the types of applications people build on SharePoint, how you can integrate SharePoint development with application lifecycle management tools and about the first SharePoint development best practices you need to know and tools to help you with them.

Find my talk here: http://www.msteched.com/sessionlist/default.aspx

Or find it here: Mon 5/11 | 2:45 PM-4:00 PM | Room 153