Inside Microsoft SharePoint 2013

Scot Hillier is a Microsoft MVP for SharePoint focused on creating business productivity solutions. He is the author or coauthor of more than 15 books, including Inside Microsoft SharePoint 2010.

Mirjam van Olst is a Microsoft MVP for SharePoint who helps companies implement SharePoint solutions. She is also a Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) for both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010.

Ted Pattison, Microsoft MVP for SharePoint, is a cofounder of a company dedicated to educating clients on how to become successful with SharePoint. He is the coauthor of Inside Microsoft SharePoint 2010.

Andrew Connell is an author, instructor and co-founder of Critical Path Training, a SharePoint education focused company. He has a background in content management solutions and Web development that spans back to his time as a student at the University of Florida in the late 1990's managing class sites. He has consistently focused on the challenges facing business today to maintain a current and dynamic online presence without having to rely constantly on Web developers or have a proficiency in Web technologies. Andrew is a six-time recipient of Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award (2005-2010) for Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) & Microsoft SharePoint Server. He has authored and contributed to numerous MCMS and SharePoint books over the years including his book Professional SharePoint 2007 Web Content Management Development by WROX. Andrew has spoken on the subject of SharePoint development and WCM at conferences such as TechEd, SharePoint Connections, VSLive, SharePoint Best Practice Conference, SharePoint Evolutions Conference, Microsoft's TechReady Conference, Office Developer Conference and Microsoft SharePoint Conference in the United States, Australia, England and Spain.

Wictor Wilén is a Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) in SharePoint and works as SharePoint Solution Architect at Connecta AB. He has worked in the portal and web content management industry for more than 13 years for consulting companies, founded and sold his own software company and saw the dawn of SharePoint back in 2001. Wictor is an active SharePoint community participant, writer, tutor, frequent speaker at local and international conferences. In 2010 Wictor was awarded the SharePoint Server MVP title by Microsoft for his community contributions. He can be found online at wictorwilen.se/. Wictor is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Kyle Davis is a SharePoint and Cloud Solutions Architect, and works as a Managing Consultant at Catapult Systems. Kyle is a frequent speaker at various SharePoint events, and holds SharePoint MCITP and MCPD certifications.

Chapter 1 SharePoint 2013 developer roadmap
A brief history of SharePoint
Examining SharePoint Foundation architecture
Windows PowerShell boot camp for SharePoint professionals
Summary
Chapter 2 SharePoint development practices and techniques
Setting up a developer environment
Automating SharePoint administration by using Windows PowerShell scripts
Configuring SharePoint service applications
Using debugging tools
Using the SharePoint Developer Tools in Visual Studio 2012
Choosing a development approach
Using the SharePoint APIs
Summary
Chapter 3 Server-side solution development
Understanding the server-side object model
Developing farm solutions
Developing sandboxed solutions
Summary
Chapter 4 SharePoint apps
Understanding the new SharePoint app model
Understanding SharePoint app model architecture
Using the chrome control
Packaging and distributing apps
Summary
Chapter 5 Client-side programming
Understanding app designs
Introduction to JavaScript for SharePoint developers
Introduction to jQuery for SharePoint developers
Working with the client-side object model
Working with the REST API
Summary
Chapter 6 SharePoint security
Reviewing authentication and authorization
Understanding user authentication
Understanding app authentication
Understanding app authorization
Summary
Chapter 7 SharePoint pages
SharePoint and ASP.NET
Using pages in SharePoint
Customizing the ribbon
Summary
Chapter 8 SharePoint Web Parts
Understanding Web Part fundamentals
Developing and deploying Web Parts
Controlling Web Part rendering
Working with Web Part properties
Exploring advanced Web Part development
Summary
Chapter 9 SharePoint lists
Creating lists
Working with fields and field types
Understanding site columns
Working with content types
Working with document libraries
Creating and registering event handlers
Querying lists with CAML
Working with LINQ to SharePoint
Summary
Chapter 10 SharePoint type definitions and templates
Custom field types
Custom site columns and content types
Custom list definitions
Summary
Chapter 11 SharePoint site provisioning
The GLOBAL site definition
Site definitions
Web templates
Using custom code to create sites
Site templates
Site provisioning providers
Web provisioning events
Web templates and SharePoint apps
Summary
Chapter 12 SharePoint workflows
Workflow architecture in SharePoint 2013
Building custom workflows
Using tasks in workflows
Workflow services CSOM and JSOM
Adding custom forms to workflows
Summary
Chapter 13 SharePoint search
Introducing search-based applications
Understanding search architecture
Understanding Keyword Query Language
Creating no-code customizations
Using the client-side API
Using the script Web Parts
Improving relevancy
Enhancing content processing
Creating .NET Assembly Connectors for search
Summary
Chapter 14 SharePoint Enterprise Content Management
Understanding the Managed Metadata Service Application
Using document services
Records management
Summary
Chapter 15 Web content management
Understanding the WCM features
Accessing SharePoint publishing files
Page layouts
Understanding device channels
Understanding managed navigation
Content aggregation
Understanding cross-site publishing
Summary
Chapter 16 Business Connectivity Services
Introduction to Business Connectivity Services
Creating simple BCS solutions
Understanding External List limitations
Understanding BCS architecture
Understanding authentication scenarios
Managing client authentication
Creating External Content Types
Using ECTs in SharePoint 2013
Using ECTs in Office 2013
Creating custom BCS solutions
Summary
Chapter 17 SharePoint social enterprise features
What’s new in SharePoint 2013
Understanding social components
Understanding user profiles
Understanding social feeds
Understanding following within SharePoint 2013
Understanding Yammer
Summary
Appendix About the authors