Synergy MOSS 2007 Development



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Synergy MOSS 2007 Development

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Course Length:

5 days

Course Price:

$3,600.00 + GST

Availability:

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Overview:

The purpose of this 5-day course is to give students a comprehensive understanding of development technologies and approaches in MOSS 2007. This course is oriented towards experienced .NET developers who have experience with C#, XML, and web development. The course walks student through best practices for building MOSS 2007 enhancements and introduces them to the tools and templates available from Microsoft and 3rd party sources to help build solutions.

Skills Gained:

After completing the course students will be able to:
Customize SharePoint sites
Build and deploy SharePoint web parts
Write code that uses the SharePoint object model
Create and register Event Handler assemblies
Create custom Field Types
Create custom SharePoint workflows with Visual Studio
Create business intelligence solutions with Excel Services and BDC

Key Topics:

1. Overview of SharePoint Development
This chapter introduces the concepts of development on the Office SharePoint Server 2007 platform. We discuss the various types of customizations and code modules that developers can use to enhance the out-of-the-box functionality of SharePoint.

2. Office SharePoint Server Architecture
This chapter provides a developer-oriented review of the underlying components that make up Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Topics Covered:
Internet Information Services platform
Web Applications
SQL Databases
Site Collections and Sites
Lists and Libraries
Web Parts and Web Services
Master Pages and Layout Pages

3. Site Branding and Customization
In this module, we cover ways to customize SharePoint sites without writing compiled code or making modifications to the installed files on the server.
Topics Covered
Assigning custom CSS scripts to sites
Embedding client-side code in a Content Editor Web Part
Setting the Master page of a site
Using SharePoint Designer to customize Master Pages and Web Part Pages
Creating Data View Web Parts with SharePoint Designer

4. Building Web Parts
This chapter covers the basics of custom web part development including how to use the Visual Studio project templates for Office SharePoint Server and how to manually deploy web parts.
Topics Covered
Building a web part
Modifying the Web.Config file
Importing a web part into SharePoint
Creating a data-driven web part
Adding custom properties to web parts

5. Deploying and Debugging Web Parts
In this section we discuss how to use Solution files (WSP) to automate the deployment of web parts. We also cover how debug web parts within Visual Studio and to introduce code tracing to assist in troubleshooting installed web parts.
Topics Covered:
Deploying to the bin directory versus the GAC
Creating a strong-named assembly
Deploying a strong-named assembly
Debugging web parts
Adding trace statements and enabling tracing in code
Creating deployment Solutions
Installing and uninstalling Solutions
Versioning web parts

6. Programming with Sites and Webs
In this chapter we explain how to use the SharePoint object model to manage site collections and sites.
Topics Covered
Accessing site collections using the SPSite object
Accessing sites using the SPWeb object
Retrieving information on site collections and webs
Modifying site collections and webs though the object model

7. Programming with Documents and Lists
In this chapter we discuss using the SharePoint object model to manage documents and list data.
Topics Covered
Working with SharePoint lists in the object model
Working with document libraries in the object model

8. Web part connections and AJAX-enabled web parts
This chapter covers creating connectable web parts, adding Verb actions to the web part context menu, and web parts which use Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) to provide rich client-side functionality to web parts.
Topics Covered
Creating connected web parts
Implementing menu verbs
Using AJAX in web parts

9. SharePoint Web Services
This chapter covers how to use the built-in SharePoint web services to manage sites and lists.
Topics Covered
SharePoint Web Services Overview
Web Services vs. Object Model
Standard Web Application Web Services
Programming with Web Services
Writing Custom Web Services

10. Creating and Deploying Custom Features
This chapter explains how to use SharePoint Features to enable new functionality in a SharePoint site.
Topics Covered
Components of the Feature.xml file
Components of the Elements.xml file
Deploying features using Solutions
Creating web-scoped features
Creating Site-scoped features
Creating Application-scoped features
Creating Farm-scoped features

11. Customizing Sites Using Features and Feature Stapling
This chapter gives examples of features which can be used to enhance and extend existing site definitions and templates without modifying them directly. The chapter introduces Feature Stapling and how it works.
What are site definitions?
Creating a custom site definition using the Solution Generator
Problems with custom site definitions
What is Feature Stapling
Examples of Feature Stapling
Creating Site Columns and Content Types
Adding Custom Lists to Sites
Deploying Master Pages and Layout Pages

12. Custom Field Types
In this chapter we describe how to create new field types for use within SharePoint lists allowing you to manage additional types of data or to populate drop-down lists with data from external sources.
Topics Covered:
Field Types defined
Creating a the field type class
Defining the CAML for a field type
Deploying custom field types

13. Custom Event Handlers
This chapter shows students how to create custom event handlers on sites, lists schemas, and list items including both synchronous and asynchronous events.
Topics Covered:
Types of SharePoint events
Creating an event handler
Configuring code to run under a different account
Deploying event handlers using features
Deploying event handlers using the object model

14. Introduction to SharePoint Workflows
This chapter explores the capabilities of custom workflows in Office SharePoint Server 2007 and explains how to create a basic workflow solution in Visual Studio
Topics Covered
Workflows in Office SharePoint Server 2007
SharePoint Designer workflows
Sequential workflows
State machine workflows
Deploying workflows using features

15. Working with Excel Services
This chapter discusses how to programmatically access Excel Workbooks in via the Excel Web Service. The chapter also discusses the use of User Defined Functions (UDF) and Office Data Connectors (ODC).
Topics Covered
Introduction to Excel Services
Publishing an Excel workbook to Excel Services
Constraining views and defining parameters
Calling the Excel Web Service from a client application
Creating User Defined Functions
Creating Office Data Connectors

16. Introduction to the Business Data Catalog
Introduces the Business Data Catalog (BDC) in Office SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise Edition and demonstrates how to create Line of Business (LOB) definition files to connect to data sources and to use them
Topics Covered
Business Data Catalog defined
Creating BDC definition files
Using the BDC web parts
Referencing BDC data in list columns
Enabling indexing of BDC data

Target Audience:

The class is designed for experienced developers who need to understand how to extend and enhance SharePoint installations and change the default behavior of SharePoint sites, lists, and web parts.

Prerequisites:

Students attending this class should have a experience building ASP.NET web applications using Visual Studio and be familiar with XML and XSLT, XML web services, CSS, and Javascript. Experience with viewing and collaborating in a SharePoint site is recommended but not required.