What Tools Are Available?
In this next section, I will provide an overview of the various development tools that can be used to create OBA solutions, as well as simply customize and develop SharePoint solutions. In reading previous chapters, you may have noticed that this book is heavily focused on showcasing the power of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and its many new features for developing Office solutions for both Microsoft Office 2007 and 2003. It is important to mention from a developer standpoint that when developing solutions on SharePoint you will need to have several tools in your arsenal, and all of them offer different approaches and capabilities. In the next several sections, I will dig into some of the details.
Visual Studio 2008
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