How to: Debugging custom code with the Developer Dashboard
As already mentioned, the developer dashboard is an invaluable tool for the developer who wishes to display information and debug SharePoint code. It is quite extensive too, as it displays information about all the aspects that a developer would wish to track, including SQL calls that are also linked to the entire command line (the [...]
Read MoreCode: Developer Dashboard Enabler/Disabler
The SharePoint 2010 Developer Dashboard Enabler/Disabler. As already mentioned, the Developer Dashboard can be enabled or disabled by the developer, through one of three ways: stsadm, Powershell and VS code. All three of those options have their pros and cons. For example, the stsadm approach, is the fastest of the three as it only requires [...]
Read MoreExplained: the Developer Dashboard
The developer dashboard is a new invaluable tool for the developer. It enables reading through the calls made at any time, so that the developer will know whether it is his/her own code slowing down the system or SharePoint itself. Items displayed in the developer dashboard include web part events, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) calls, [...]
Read MoreAnnouncing: project “Developer Dashboard Enabler Disabler”
Project “Developer Dashboard Enabler/Disabler” will be a simple web part that will simply activate and deactivate the developer dashboard on demand. Because of the nature of the Developer Dashboard itself, the web part will only be installable in the Central Administration web application. More on this later… edit: Version Alpha has been posted here. A [...]
Read MoreSharePoint 2010 vs SharePoint 2007
SharePoint 2010 is in many ways superior to its predecessor, the 2007 version. Both for the user and the developer, the 2010 version offers services and tools out of the box (OOTB) that were sought after in the previous releases. 1. Language Integrated Query (LINQ) With the new LINQ provider, a relational database table can [...]
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