contents

preface
acknowledgments
about this book
about the cover illustration
about Web Parts

Part 1 Introducing SharePoint 2010 Web Parts

1 Introducing SharePoint 2010 Web Parts: 1.1 What is a Web Part?; 1.2 Why use Web Parts?; 1.3 Introducing the Web Part infrastructure; 1.4 Types of Web Parts; 1.5 Hello World example; 1.6 SharePoint 2010 pages; 1.7 Summary
2 Using and configuring Web Parts in SharePoint 2010: 2.1 The SharePoint 2010 user interface; 2.2 The Web Part Gallery; 2.3 Out-of-the-box Web Parts; 2.4 Working with Web Parts and pages; 2.5 Customizing and personalizing pages; 2.6 SharePoint Designer 2010; 2.7 Exporting and importing Web Parts; 2.8 Summary

Part 2 Developing SharePoint 2010 Web Parts

3Building Web Parts with Visual Studio 2010: 3.1 Requirements for your development environment; 3.2 Developing for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010; 3.3 Building your first Visual Web Part; 3.4 Traditional Web Part projects; 3.5 Upgrading SharePoint 2007 projects; 3.6 SharePoint Project settings in Visual Studio; 3.7 SharePoint Server Explorer in Visual Studio; 3.8 Extensibility in Visual Studio 2010; 3.9 Summary
4 Building the user interface: 4.1 ASP.NET and Web Parts; 4.2 SharePoint controls; 4.3 Look and feel of Web Parts; 4.4 Web Part verbs; 4.5 Summary
5 Making Web Parts customizable: 5.1 Web Part properties; 5.2 Common Web Part properties; 5.3 Custom Editor Parts; 5.4 Advanced properties; 5.5 Runtime filters; 5.6 Summary
6 Web Part resources and localization: 6.1 Linking and embedding resources; 6.2 Localization resources in Web Parts; 6.3 Summary
7 Packaging, deployment, and security: 7.1 Solution packages; 7.2 Deployment and activation; 7.3 Sandboxed solutions; 7.4 Web application targeted solutions; 7.5 Upgrading solutions; 7.6 Summary
8 Tools for troubleshooting and logging: 8.1 Logging and error handling in SharePoint 2010; 8.2 Debugging Web Parts with Visual Studio 2010; 8.3 The Developer Dashboard; 8.4 Custom error handling; 8.5 Other debugging tools; 8.6 Summary
9 Programming and caching for performance: 9.1 Programming for performance; 9.2 Programming for performance in SharePoint; 9.3 Caching techniques; 9.4 Summary
10 Dynamic interfaces in Web Parts: 10.1 Using Ajax and JavaScript in Web Parts; 10.2 Using the SharePoint dynamic UI features; 10.3 Enabling a Web Part to use the Ribbon; 10.4 Summary
11 The Client Object Model and Silverlight Web Parts: 11.1 The Client Object Model; 11.2 Silverlight Web Parts; 11.3 Summary
12 Making Web Parts mobile: 12.1 SharePoint 2010 mobile interface; 12.2 Mobile Web Part adapters; 12.3 Mobile controls; 12.4 Summary
13 Design patterns and testability: 13.1 Design patterns; 13.2 The Model-View-Presenter pattern; 13.3 SharePoint Service Locator; 13.4 Testing Web Parts; 13.5 Summary

Part 3 Dashboards and connections

14 Connecting Web Parts: 14.1 Introducing Web Part connections; 14.2 Connecting Web Parts; 14.3 Creating connectable Web Parts; 14.4 Filter Web Parts; 14.5 Summary
15 Building pages and dashboards: 15.1 Working with pages; 15.2 Deploying dashboards; 15.3 Summary