Project 2010 for developers

Find documentation, code samples, how-to articles, and programming references to help customize Project 2010 and Project Server 2010, and integrate them with other desktop and business applications.

Use the SDK documentation to customize and integrate the Project 2010 clients and Project Server 2010 with other applications for enterprise project management.

Solution starters include tools with source code for creating and managing workflows, easy export/import of enterprise project types and associated entities, importing projects from SharePoint lists, bulk editing of custom fields, project cost capture, using InfoPath forms in a project details page, and building reports.

Use a test application that shows how to use the Project Server Queue Service. Sometimes it is not necessary to programmatically wait for a queue-based method in the PSI.

Learn how to develop, debug, and deploy an event handler for the Project Creating pre-event. Write a message to the Application Events log and to the ULS trace log.

ProjTool is a useful application for testing, creating, and examining Project Server data for development. The ProjTool source code is updated for WCF and provides extensive examples of programming with the PSI.

Use the SharePoint Developer Tools in Visual Studio 2010 to create and deploy a Visual Web Part that uses the ListProjects PSI extension and the JS Grid control. You can add the Web Part to a Project Web App page, a project details page (PDP), or a project site page.

Learn how to use Visual Studio tools to add a command to the ribbon in Project Standard and Project Professional.

Use simple XML definition files in Visual Studio to create SharePoint features that can add, remove, modify, or disable buttons and other controls on the Project Web App ribbon.

Configure the Visual Studio 2010 toolbox with Project Server workflow activities, and then build and deploy a Project Server workflow for demand management.