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Demystifying SharePoint Development

This non-technical overview delves into SharePoint development areas, from customization to apps, providing insights for managers and decision-makers. Learn how to bridge technical expertise with business goals, ensuring productive developments that enhance user experience. Explore various types of development, tools, and essential considerations for successful SharePoint implementation and customization. Discover the importance of effective communication, understanding, and strategic development planning to maximize SharePoint's capabilities and drive business value efficiently.

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Demystifying SharePoint Development

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  1. Demystifying SharePoint Development Michael Atkins

  2. Note: • This is a non-technical overview • Some light technical background is given, to put things in context • Some of the content is included for completeness, and will not be dwelt upon • Demos and extended explanations will be given for the more typical “development” areas

  3. Geek n. \ˈgēk\ • an unfashionable or socially inept person • a knowledgeable and obsessive enthusiast

  4. Development is not a Dirty Word • Development frightens off many managers and decision-makers • Excessive technical enthusiasm is counter-productive • Communication and understanding are crucial • Technical wizardry must translate into business benefit

  5. Types of SharePoint Development (I) • “Normal” SharePoint Customization • Using Templates • Branding and User Interface Development • SharePoint Designer List Views and Data Forms • Business Intelligence • Metadata / Content Management • Advanced Search Customization • InfoPath Forms

  6. Types of SharePoint Development (II) • Workflows • Accessing External Data • Development of Web parts • Event Receivers • Timer Jobs • Client-side Data Access • SharePoint 2013 Apps

  7. Technologies and Tools • Browser • SharePoint Designer • SQL Server • Visual Studio

  8. Where the Action Happens • Browser • SharePoint Server(s) • Database • External Systems • The Internet

  9. Why are Custom Developments Needed? • Improve access to and manipulation of SharePoint (and other) content • Modify the user interface to suit users’ needs Make the users’ jobs easier!

  10. Buy or Build? • Good Question!

  11. Getting Easier to Install • It is much easier now for Site Collection Administrators, as opposed to Farm Administrators, to install solutions

  12. What to Watch Out For • Cost of development • Reliability of developers • Availability of skills • Surviving SharePoint version upgrades • Managing expectations

  13. The Key… … is to have small(ish), focused developments, working with SharePoint, not replacing it

  14. Explanations and Demos

  15. “Normal” SharePoint Customization • Logos; Themes; Custom Lists; List Views; Wiki Content; Web Parts; Navigation • Quick and easy (!) to get a working Intranet going

  16. Using Templates • Lists; Sites • Create Consistency; Re-use work; Quick deployment

  17. Branding and User Interface Development • Master Pages; Custom CSS; JavaScript • Corporate identity; Ease of use; Layout conveys logic

  18. SharePoint Designer List Views and Data Forms • Custom Forms; Advanced Views; Composite Pages • Unlock power of data, through presentation and linking data

  19. Business Intelligence • Summaries; Charts; Visualizations • Quick Access; Relevant Data; Visual Impact

  20. Metadata / Content Management • Informal Tagging; Managed Metadata; Retention • Retrieval; Accuracy; Auditing

  21. Advanced Search Customization • Custom Presentation; Custom Processing; FAST Search • Convenience; Intelligent Search

  22. InfoPath Forms • “Pretty” (rich) Forms; Data linkage and lookup • Ease of use; Richness of content

  23. Workflows • Enabling Business Processes within the SharePoint environment (often using Tasks) • Prompt alerts; Keeping track; Reporting

  24. Accessing External Data • Business Connectivity Services (BCS) - External Data living in SharePoint • Easy lookups; Data kept up-to-date

  25. Development of Web Parts • Custom Web Parts can access and display data in many different ways • Where SharePoint interface not fit for purpose

  26. Event Receivers • Code that runs when something happens in SharePoint (like a new Item or Document being added) • Access or create content outside of current site

  27. Timer Jobs • Code that runs at set times within the SharePoint environment • Useful for regular tasks, such as synchronizing data

  28. Client-side SharePoint Data Access • Accessing SharePoint data directly, without using normal interface (JavaScript, desktop apps) • Use or interact with SharePoint data outside of normal SharePoint Lists or Web parts

  29. SharePoint 2013 Apps • Downloadable “apps” that do useful things in SharePoint (extension of client-side data access) • Easy to distribute and install; Safe to run

  30. Contact Me: • Mike Atkins • iTrend Business Solutions • 083 953 8548 • 031-261 8000 • atkins@itrend.co.za • www.itrend.co.za

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