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Fri, Feb 1 2013 3:58

SharePoint Dev Quick Tip - Quickly and Easily Building SharePoint REST API Query URLs

Have you ever tried to build the URL for a REST API service call and ended up confused and frustrated? The OData query syntax is well documented , it’s just not that intuitive. Well, if you want to query list data I have a little trick you can use...
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Sun, Nov 18 2012 6:52

My Thoughts on the Developer Content at the SharePoint Conference 2012 (The Appy Hour)

Another SharePoint Conference has come and gone and it’s time for the obligatory wrap-up post (at least what I can remember). This was a very busy conference for me, almost to the point of being overwhelming. I caught some sessions live and got...
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Tue, Sep 4 2012 16:43

SharePoint Dev Quick Tip–Finding the Internal Name of a Field

Note: For the purposes of this post I’m going to assume you know the difference between the display name and the internal name of a field and why you should use the internal name when referring to fields in code and queries. There are several tools...
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Sat, Jul 21 2012 0:54

SharePoint 2013 Sandboxed Solutions Deprecated?

If sandboxed solutions could talk, I’m sure they would be uttering the famous Mark Twain line, “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated”. Twitter and other social media sites were a buzz early this week after the release of the...
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Thu, Jul 19 2012 16:45

SharePoint Dev Quick Tip - SharePoint 2013 Web Part Page

Took me a while to find how to create a Web Part Page in SharePoint 2013. You can create one using the New Document dropdown in the Site Pages library.
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Thu, Jul 19 2012 16:26

SharePoint 2013 Developer Resource Links

I’m posting these mostly so I can find them again later Setting up a developer environment How to: Set up an on-premises development environment for apps for SharePoint Configuring Visual Studio 2012 RC for SharePoint 2013 Preview Development SharePoint...
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Wed, Jul 18 2012 20:21

SharePoint 2013 Development–Microsoft has their Heads in the Clouds

The SharePoint 2013 Preview has been out for a couple days and I have it all figured out – not! But I have seen enough to get the general feel of the release, at least from a developers perspective. The App and Solution Models The vast majority of the...
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Fri, Nov 4 2011 21:40

Walkthrough: Creating a Custom ASP.NET (ASMX) Web Service in SharePoint 2010

There is a walkthrough on this subject on MSDN . I’ve seen a few people comment that they have had issues trying to follow the walkthrough so I thought I’d create an alternate version. Update : A couple of people have asked for information...
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Thu, Sep 29 2011 18:51

How To Programmatically Read Best Bets for SharePoint 2010 Search

For one of the projects I’m working on, I needed to be able to iterate search best bets programmatically. I did a quick Google search and came up with a blog post by Stefan Goßner on the subject . Turns out Stefan’s post was for SharePoint 2007 and the...
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Sat, Sep 24 2011 16:54

Creating a SharePoint Site Page With Code-Behind Using Visual Studio 2010

A while ago I was reading Kirk Evans blog post on the subject of using code-behind in SharePoint 2010 site pages . I wanted to make sure things still worked the way they did in SharePoint 2007. Everything looked the same until I saw the part about updating...
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Fri, Sep 23 2011 15:41

Getting Started with SharePoint 2010 Development at DevTeach and Prairie DevCon

I’ll be doing a full-day post-conference session on SharePoint 2010 development at both DevTeach in Ottawa and Prairie DevCon in Winnipeg . This session is a day-long overview of development on the SharePoint 2010 platform. It is designed for those...
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Mon, Sep 19 2011 19:53

SharePoint for ASP.NET Developers–Recorded Session from DevLink

Here’s another recorded session from the DevLink conference. SharePoint is an awesome tool. It 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...
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Fri, Sep 16 2011 11:20

SharePoint 2010 Client-Side Development with the JavaScript Client Object Model (JSOM) and jQuery – Recorded Session from DevLink

It’s been a busy month since DevLink but I finally have time to clear some tasks off my to-do list. One was to post this recording of my SharePoint 2010 Client-Side Development talk. I have a couple other partially edited session recordings. Hopefully...
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Mon, Aug 15 2011 17:07

SharePoint Saturday: The Conference–Session Resources

Got back yesterday from SharePoint Saturday: The Conference. I met a lot of people I only knew electronically, learned a ton, and had a great time overall. That said, there were some issue that I guess you had to expect from such a large event being run...
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Thu, Aug 4 2011 18:27

Enabling Intellisense for the JSOM and jQuery in SharePoint 2010

This blog post was requested by Mark Rackley (@mrackley) at his jQuery session at SharePoint Saturday New York. Mark mostly does middle-tier SharePoint development and he wanted to see what life was like inside the wonderful world of an Integrated Development...
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Mon, Aug 1 2011 12:38

Getting Started with SharePoint 2010 Development–Links and Resources

A few people have asked for advice on resources to help them get started with SharePoint development. Here are a few I like to suggest, add a comment if you have others. Videos Get Started Developing on SharePoint 2010 SharePoint 2010 Developer Training...
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Mon, Aug 1 2011 11:04

Advanced SharePoint Web Part Development–Recorded Session from SPSNY

Got back from SharePoint Saturday New York yesterday afternoon. What a great event – the organizers and volunteers really went all out and everything went like clockwork. I recorded my session and spent a good chunk of yesterday editing it so I...
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Tue, Jul 26 2011 12:58

Upcoming Community Events: Seven Talks in Five Cities

I spent the last few weeks getting settled in and working on the developer part of my new gig at Allin Consulting , now it’s time to work on the evangelist part. Over the next two months I’ll be speaking at events in five different cities...
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Thu, Jun 9 2011 23:38

A New Chapter

I’m happy to announce that, starting July 1, I will be joining Allin Consulting as a Lead SharePoint Consultant. Allin (pronounced All-in, as in Texas Holdem) is located just North of Boston in Wakefield, MA. Yes, this means I’m leaving ObjectSharp...
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Mon, May 2 2011 4:04

Custom Content Types and Inherits in SharePoint 2010

SharePoint 2010 adds an attribute named Inherits which you can use when defining custom content types in CAML. When you create a content type in Visual Studio 2010, this attribute is included and it’s set to TRUE. The description of the Inherits...
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