SharePoint 2010 Web Parts in Action

If you look at a SharePoint application you’ll find that most of its active components are Web Parts. SharePoint 2010 includes dozens of prebuilt Web Parts that you can use. It also provides an API that lets you build custom Web Parts using C# or VB.NET.

SharePoint 2010 Web Parts in Action is a comprehensive guide to deploying, customizing, and creating Web Parts. Countless examples walk you through everything from design, to development, deployment, troubleshooting, and upgrading. Because Web Parts are ASP.NET controls, you’ll learn to use Visual Studio 2010 to extend existing Web Parts and to build custom components from scratch.

What’s Inside

• Using and configuring Web Parts
• Web Part and portal best practices
• Custom use cases, like mobile and international apps
• Web Part design patterns

This book is written for application developers working with SharePoint 2010. Knowing Visual Studio 2010 is helpful but not required.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introducing SharePoint 2010 Web Parts
Chapter 1: Introducing SharePoint 2010 Web Parts
Chapter 2: Using and configuring Web Parts in SharePoint 2010

Part II: Developing SharePoint 2010 Web Parts
Chapter 3: Building Web Parts with Visual Studio 2010
Chapter 4: Building the user interface
Chapter 5: Making Web Parts customizable
Chapter 6: Web Part resources and localization
Chapter 7: Packaging, deployment, and security
Chapter 8: Tools for troubleshooting and logging
Chapter 9: Programming and caching for performance
Chapter 10: Dynamic interfaces in Web Parts
Chapter 11: The Client Object Model and Silverlight Web Parts
Chapter 12: Making Web Parts mobile
Chapter 13: Design patterns and testability

Part III: Dashboards and connections
Chapter 14: Connecting Web Parts
Chapter 15: Building pages and dashboards

Appendix: Out-of-the-box Web Parts in SharePoint 2010