Calgary SharePoint User Group

How to increase your skills and improve productivity by leveraging the new features of the 2010 product suite

by Bil Simser on 22/04/10 at 2:20 am

SharePoint 2010 allows you to build web sites, manage lists of data, collaborate on documents, and so much more – all done through a simple, easy to use, web interface. When you need to go beyond the native capabilities of the product, SharePoint 2010 provides the APIs and Visual Studio 2010 provides the tools that allow you to quickly and easily add customizations.

Whether you’re new to SharePoint development or a seasoned veteran, this session is for you.

During this session, you will learn from SharePoint experts how to leverage SharePoint 2010 for your web infrastructure and how to build applications for the SharePoint environment whether you are a web developer or SharePoint veteran.

We will start with material targeted at those new to SharePoint development, covering key foundational topics (like Features and the Solutions Framework) that are vital to understanding how customizations are componentized and packaged.

You will also learn about the new tools in Visual Studio 2010 that make SharePoint development easier than ever before. We’ll see how the new templates, wizards and designers improve productivity by automatically managing project structure and manifest files for you. We’ll demonstrate how you can use visual designers to speed-up the process of building Web parts.

You will also learn how the new client object models and REST services enable you to make the use of SharePoint functionality from client applications across the enterprise. Finally, you will learn how to debug that SharePoint applications using the same F5 deployment and debugging experience enjoyed by .NET developers for years.

Speaker Bio:
Jason Kaczor has been providing technical solutions to business problems for over 18 years; covering nearly all industry sectors. He is currently an independent consultant specializing in Microsoft SharePoint and .NET technologies; architecture, design, governance, operations, training as well as custom solutions & applications.

Formerly a Premier Field Engineer/Rapid Response Engineer for Microsoft Canada, he provided SharePoint and .NET expertise worldwide. While at Microsoft he was involved in several unique initiatives, including; Bad Guy Patrol and the Child Exploitation Tracking System (CETS). He has always been involved in user group and community-based initiatives, most recently a co-founder of the Calgary SharePoint User Group (CalSPUG). For fun he does the typical “old-school” geeky/nerdy activities and is trying to convince his kids that programming is “cool”.

Jason can be contacted by E-mail, phone (403) 991-6373, Twitter, or LinkedIn.

Location

Date: Thursday April 22nd, 2010 @ 5:30 (MST)
Location: Nexient Learning ( Suite 200, 144-4th Avenue SW, SunLife Plaza Building)
Presentation content is available here.