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Issue 6 – SPThemes and SPSampleData Explained Released

furuknap — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:29:04 +0000

Issue 6 of Understanding SharePoint Journal is now available.

Understanding SharePoint Journal presents two new solutions, SPThemes and SPSampleData, designed to teach you new aspects of SharePoint development.

SPThemes seeks to overcome some of the weaknesses of the default SharePoint themes solution. Utilizing supportable techniques, SPThemes allows for custom themes, site collection scoped themes, and personal themes for users.

SPSampleData provides an easy method to extract data from lists in SharePoint into ListInstance elements, ready for deployment as part of a feature. SPSampleData creates the CAML code you need, based on either raw list data or any view.

In this issue, spanning 90 pages, you will learn the following aspects of SharePoint development:

DelegateControl development
CustomAction
User Information List Management
Custom Property Storage using Extension Methods
Programmatic List Creation
Custom application page development

Also, you can get a 20-page preview on the Issue 6 web page.

Understanding SharePoint Journal Issue 2 released!

furuknap — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:04:00 +0000

The second issue of Understanding SharePoint Journal is now out, covering SharePoint content type development.

USP Journal Volume 1 – Issue 2 deals with the following aspects of content type development:

Content Type introduction
Visual interface using FormTemplates
Inheritance
Behavior using event receivers
Content types as folders
Custom XmlDocument solutions

As usual there is a preview PDF available on the issue page, and you can buy the issue either on that page or by clicking the button below:

USPJournal Volume 1 Issue 1 is out! SPCurrentUsers Explained

furuknap — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:51:38 +0000

The first issue of Understanding SharePoint Journal teaches how the CodePlex SPCurrentUsers solution is made, taking the reader through every step towards recreating SPCurrentUsers while explaining details about how each feature works.

USP Journal Volume 1 – Issue 1 deals with the following aspects of the solution:

DelegateControl
CustomAction, both CAML based and Assembly based
Custom application pages in SharePoint, using code-behind files
List deployment and column manipulation
Solution setup using SharePoint event receviers

In addition, several sub-topics are explained, such as list querying in SharePoint using CAML, using WSPBuilder to speed up development time, and extending the User Information List to hold custom data.

There is also a free preview download available. Visit the USP Journal Issue 1 page to read more.