Scenario Description We recently hit a performance problem on a client environment when creating sites through code. These sites which had been created with the Team Site template and then saved as templates by using the “Save Site As Template” option in the UI were taking upwards of 40 seconds to deploy. During testing we …
Category: Visual Studio 2010
Sep 18
XML in SharePoint 101
This post is part of a series of notes that I’m putting together regarding XML within SharePoint. Intro and History of XML XML in SharePoint 101 (This post) XML in SharePoint Search Pt1 XML in SharePoint Search Pt. 2 So just where does XML feature in SharePoint? The answer to this question is EVERYWHERE! You …
May 25
SPWeb.AssociatedMemberGroup returning incorrect information.
Just recently, I’ve been working on a solution for a client that wanted to create a meetings portal for a very formal meeting process. The basic breakdown of the site is as follows, A top level Site Collection housing http://meetings.contoso.com. This site was created with the default groups of Meetings Visitors, Members and Owners. Then …
Mar 10
Part 3–SharePoint Retreat–TDD and Unit testing, the methodology used cont..
The other parts of this series can be found here… SPRetreat TDD – a retrospective (See what I did there? -) Part 1 — SharePoint Retreat–TDD and Unit Testing, the methodology used Part 2 — SharePoint Retreat–TDD and Unit Testing, the methodology used cont.. Part 3 -– SharePoint Retreat-TDD and Unit Testing, the methodology used …
Mar 06
Part 2–SharePoint Retreat–TDD and Unit Testing, the methodology used cont..
The other parts of this series can be found here…. SPRetreat TDD – a retrospective (See what I did there? -) Part 1 — SharePoint Retreat–TDD and Unit Testing, the methodology used Part 2 — SharePoint Retreat–TDD and Unit Testing, the methodology used cont.. (This post) Part 3 — SharePoint Retreat-TDD and Unit Testing, the …
Mar 06
Part 1 — SharePoint Retreat–TDD and Unit Testing, the methodology used.
In my last post about the SharePoint retreat, I waxed lyrical about the costs of unit testing and why you may or may not want to get into Unit testing your code. Stepping on from this is how do we go about unit testing a SharePoint project in Visual Studio 2010? What tools do we …
Mar 06
SPRetreat TDD – a retrospective (See what I did there?)
Not quite sure why I’m up at 6 am on a Sunday morning writing a blog post, certainly the bed was warm and comfy, but my mind is still pretty buzzing from yesterdays SharePoint Retreat sponsored by 21Apps and Content and Code. What’s SharePoint Retreat? Well it’s a room full of geeks trying to improve …
Mar 02
Don’t believe everything you read.
I’m doing some work with Nintex workflows at the moment. For those of you that don’t know Nintex Workflow 2010, it’s built on the Windows Workflow Foundation, using the SharePoint workflow engine. As a quick workflow creation tool, it’s a vast improvement over SharePoint Deisgner 2010, but at the heart, it is using SharePoint workflows …
Oct 26
Studying hard for 70-573 this week..
I’m taking the first of the SharePoint 2010 dev exams on Thursday of this week. I’ve been a little slow of the mark with the study for these as I’ve not really had the opportunity to do much SharePoint 2010 development work just yet. Luckily, it looks like my SP2007 skills won’t let me down …
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