Beginning SharePoint 2013 Development

SUMMARY

This chapter provides a first look at SharePoint — both for those who have never seen it and for those who are experienced SharePoint developers.

In this chapter, SharePoint is broadly defined as a business productivity platform for the enterprise and the Internet. More specifically, for the developer (and in the context of this book), you should see SharePoint as a platform that supports developer productivity, has extensive platform services, and can support multiple deployment options. With SharePoint you can leverage an abundance of APIs, a rich server and client-side object model, and a powerful set of services to create some very compelling applications. A great set of tools is also available that will support your efforts at evolving or improving your SharePoint development skills.

EXERCISES

Answers to Exercises can be found in Appendix A.

1. Define what SharePoint is for both the end user and the developer.

2. What are the different types of applications you can build for SharePoint 2013?

3. What are some of the key services in SharePoint 2013?

4. What are the two different types of object models in SharePoint, and how might you use them?

5. Create a new SharePoint site using the Team site template. Add a new list and document library. Add list items to the list and add documents to the document library.

WHAT YOU LEARNED IN THIS CHAPTER

ITEM	DESCRIPTION
SharePoint	Collaborative platform for many different types of organizations.
SharePoint ...