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Developer top 10 resource center | SharePoint 2010

Looking for a place to get started with SharePoint 2010 development? Whether you're an experienced SharePoint developer or new to SharePoint, on this page you'll find popular content that you might not have known about.

Top 10 new developer features

  1. Business Connectivity Services
  2. Client Object Model
  3. Sandboxed Solutions
  4. Social Computing and Social Data
  5. PerformancePoint Services (Business Intelligence)
  6. Enterprise Metadata (Taxonomy)
  7. Silverlight Object Model
  8. Ribbon Extensibility
  9. Microsoft Synch Framework
  10. Service Application Framework

Top 10 Microsoft blogs

  1. SharePoint Team Blog
  2. SharePoint Designer Team Blog
  3. Eric White's Blog
  4. SharePoint Experts Blog
  5. ECM Team Blog
  6. Erika Ehrli Cabral's Blog
  7. Paul Andrew's Blog
  8. Steve Peschka's Blog
  9. Developer Docs Team Blog
  10. BCS Team Blog

Top 10 how-to topics in the SDK

  1. How to: Create an External Content Type Based on a SQL Server Table
  2. How to: Query Using LINQ to SharePoint
  3. How to: Retrieve List Items
  4. How to: Use SPMetal
  5. How to: Create External Content Types
  6. How to: Add a Custom Command to the Ribbon
  7. How to: Create, Update, and Delete List Items
  8. How to: Retrieve Lists
  9. How to: Create an External Content Type Based on a Web Service
  10. How to: Use Secure Store to Connect to an External System

Top 10 namespaces in the object model

  1. Microsoft.SharePoint Namespace
  2. Microsoft.SharePoint.Client Namespace
  3. Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy Namespace
  4. Microsoft.SharePoint.Linq Namespace
  5. Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles Namespace
  6. Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration Namespace
  7. Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Query Namespace
  8. Microsoft.Office.Server.ActivityFeed Namespace
  9. Microsoft.Office.Server.SocialData Namespace
  10. Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration Namespace

Top 10 classes in the object model

  1. SilverlightWebPart Class (Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages)
  2. SPList Class (Microsoft.SharePoint)
  3. ClientContext Class (Microsoft.SharePoint.Client)
  4. SPSite Class (Microsoft.SharePoint)
  5. SPWeb Class (Microsoft.SharePoint)
  6. SPListItem Class (Microsoft.SharePoint)
  7. ClientObject Class (Microsoft.SharePoint.Client)
  8. SPQuery Class (Microsoft.SharePoint)
  9. UserProfileManager Class (Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles)
  10. XsltListViewWebPart Class (Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages)

Top 10 web services

  1. Lists Web Service
  2. UserProfileService Web Service
  3. Admin Web Service
  4. SocialDataService Web Service
  5. Authentication Web Service
  6. Sites Web Service
  7. Search Web Service
  8. DWS Web Service
  9. SiteData Web Service
  10. SPSearch Web Service

Top MSDN webcasts

  1. MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Server 2010 (Part 1 of 8): What's New for Developers (Level 100)
  2. MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Server 2010 (Part 2 of 8): Developing Rich Solutions in Silverlight (Level 400)
  3. MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Server 2010 (Part 3 of 8): Customizing Search Results (Level 200)
  4. SharePoint Server 2010 (Part 4 of 8): Building Business Applications with Silverlight 4 and SharePoint 2010
  5. SharePoint Server 2010 (Part 5 of 8): Developing for SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7
  6. SharePoint Server 2010 (Part 6 of 8): Developing with the New User Interface Features in SharePoint 2010
  7. SharePoint Server 2010 (Part 7 of 8): Developing with SharePoint 2010 Sandboxed Solutions
  8. SharePoint Server 2010 (Part 8 of 8): Developing with Data Technologies in SharePoint 2010

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