Introduction
My first experience with SharePoint was the task of integrating multiple SharePoint 2003 sites into one all-up organizational portal — a fairly straightforward project that integrated four sites into one. This one project got me curious, and, in the process, not only exposed me to the inner workings of SharePoint, but also got me hooked on the technology.
As I learned more about SharePoint, I realized the path was longer than I had originally thought. Since that time, I’ve seen the platform mature quite a bit, and interest from developers like yourself swell to what is now a very high rate of growth and adoption. And the market for SharePoint is also growing at a very rapid pace — one that is currently outpacing the growth of the SharePoint developer community.
What you’ll learn in this book is that SharePoint 2010 has a lot to offer the developer. You can move from the small-scale development project where you’re building custom Web parts, to the larger, enterprise-grade solution that leverages Web services and integrates with other Microsoft and non-Microsoft technologies. This is the incredible part about SharePoint — it is a platform with huge potential in multiple directions. And, as a beginning SharePoint developer, you should strap yourself in, because you’re in for a great ride.
Who This Book Is For
Simply put, this book is aimed at the developer who is new to SharePoint. The book assumes that you have some programming experience and a passion to learn how ...
