Intro to: Interacting with SharePoint 2010 Data (post 3 – SPMetal and LinQ)
This is the third tutorial about accessing and manipulating data on SharePoint. The first one leveraged web services and the second used the server object model. There’s a client object model as well, but we’ll see more about that some other time. In order to leverage LINQ, you will first need to create a strongly [...]
Read MoreIntro to: Interacting with SharePoint 2010 Data (post 2 – Server Object Model)
In a previous post, I made an introduction to interacting with SharePoint data through Web Services; easily, albeit a bit on the verbose side. In 2007, the way to go was by leveraging the Server Object Model (SOM). This is of course kept in the 2010 version of the platform. Today, I’m going to make [...]
Read MoreWhat is: Site columns, content types and lists
SharePoint 2010, just like its predecessor, supports the fundamental elements that made SharePoint 2007 such an important platform. Content types, site columns and lists. In the sense of SharePoint, everything is a list. A site column is a definition of a reusable -within the specified web site that they’ve been defined in- column. That means [...]
Read MoreIntro to: Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)
XSLT, or Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations, is the evolution of the former and simpler Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) standard. These two standards serve different purposes and one point to remember is that XSL is now referred to as XSL-FO, for Extensible Stylesheet Language – Formatting Objects, and its future is rather uncertain as its functionality [...]
Read MoreIntro to: Interacting with SharePoint 2010 Data (post 1 – Web Services & CAML)
Working with the SharePoint platform you will quickly realise that the easiest and probably best and most direct way to interact programmatically with the SharePoint data are the various web services that are shipped with the platform in order to easily leverage what is already available. For a quick intro to Web Services we will [...]
Read MoreIntro to: Customising the SP2010 Ribbon
An obvious change in the SharePoint 2010 User Interface is the implementation of the Office Ribbon, which was not available in the 2007 version of the platform. The Ribbon is an excellent addition for the end user since it provides a consisten way of interaction with the elements available on the page. The Ribbon is [...]
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