Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Visual Studio 2010 - SharePoint support

http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010/default.mspx

SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 marks a major advance in usability and functionality for SharePoint developers, helping you accomplish tasks like:

  • Customizing SharePoint with the help of new project and item templates.
  • Creating Web parts and application pages using new visual designers.
  • Designing association and initiation forms for your workflows.
  • Aggregating and integrating back-end data into your application using Business Data Catalog (BDC) models.
  • Importing existing solution packages (.wsp files) and then modifying and extending them.
  • Customizing features and packages using new designers and explorers.
  • Deploying and debugging SharePoint applications as easily as pressing F5.
  • Navigating SharePoint sites using Server Explorer.
Also, check out http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/277495/microsoft_visual_studio_boost_sharepoint