SA Developer .NET

I need some guidance.

we're trying to develop webparts for sharepoint + customise lists

What's the best way to do this?

there are so many conflicting views...

• Sharepoint designer (puke) 
• vs2008 + MOSS Templates
• vs2005 + VsWSSExt11
• the moss sdk..
• create webparts using usercontrols and host them with SmartPart

HELP !!!

has anyone actually been on a  MOSS 2007 dev project and has some advice on how to tackle this beast?

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This is a hard one. There is nothing wrong with any of these methods, it completely depends on what you are writing, why and what your trying to achieve. SharePoint designer is actually very nice to work with and saves hours of time trying to understand SharePoint, and if there is no code involved definitely the answer. My personal choice is to write WebParts using VS since SharePoint handles a lot of the overhead work for you. It's harder to do but definitely a skill to learn.

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Diago.co.za

VS is by far the best way in my opinion, 2005 is still far easier for MOSS Web Part Development until the new release of the VsWSS Extensions for 2008 with support and templates for building and debugging MOSS Web Parts (which should be soon, unless it's already out and i'm not aware of it, because they announced it for April initially but they're usually late), but 2008 currently doesn't have that for some completely weird reason. On the other side if you want to do wokflows for MOSS your best bet here is VS 2008.

SharePoint Designer is rubbish for both Web Parts and Workflows, but pretty cool for common UI stuff.

Here's some of my posts that should help you get started:

http://dotnet.org.za/zlatan/archive/2008/03/25/developing-basic-web-parts-in-sharepoint-2007.aspx

 http://dotnet.org.za/zlatan/archive/2008/03/25/debugging-web-parts-in-sharepoint-2007.aspx

http://dotnet.org.za/zlatan/archive/2007/10/12/developing-ajax-web-parts-in-sharepoint-2007.aspx

Thanks! one more question ...

Is overriding CreateChildControls() the only way to create controls your web part?

It seems to be horibbly cumbersome to create controls like this.

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DoubleJ:

Thanks! one more question ...

Is overriding CreateChildControls() the only way to create controls your web part?

It seems to be horibbly cumbersome to create controls like this.

Welcome to the world of SharePoint. Both me and Zlatan have blogged about how to create SP WebParts, as this is done almost exclusively in code. SP is providing you the engine to run your code, and as it is completely based on .Net 2.0, it allows for a lot of flexibility. I enjoy working with WebParts in this way since it does expand your understanding of how controls, and ASP.Net pages, are built considerably. However creating WebParts is actually very easy, the complexity is understanding how to get information and data out of SP itself.

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Diago.co.za

thanks for the info guys. it a REAL help!

Nice to see that there are actually people who have experience with moss 07 in south africa and are willing to share.

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Well use SharePoint Designer then, you'll start regretting it as soon as you start creating a bit more complex functionality

Zlatan:

Well use SharePoint Designer then

naaah... Praying that i don't need to install this. i have a irrational hatred for anything that is called/based on frontpage :D

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Thank you, I'm glad you appreciate all of this :)

Hi,

I am an IT recruiter working with Sharepoint.  I can refer you to a person who knows his way around the field.

You can contact me at yolande@thecorporatehub.co.za

Regards.

Yolande

The Corporate Hub

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Hi Yolande,

This is a community site where we help community members for free, and not a marketing platform for IT recruiters, so I employ you not to use it as such.

If you look at the conversation you'll see that we actually helped the guy, and you can also see that we have plenty of people in community that know their way around the field as you say.

However if your intentions are royalty free and you know and you honestly beleive that there is someone else who can contribute even more to the topic then I apologise for my comments.

 

Kind Regards,

Zlatan