Getting Started (SharePoint Development in Visual Studio)
This section helps you start working with Visual Studio to develop SharePoint solutions that take advantage of Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.
For information about SharePoint 2013 and apps for SharePoint, see SharePoint 2013 and Build apps for SharePoint.
SharePoint offers a Web-based collaboration platform. Visual Studio provides many project templates for creating SharePoint sites and content, including list definitions, workflows, business data connectivity models, and site definitions. In addition, you can create extensions for the SharePoint projects and tools in Visual Studio.
In This Section
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Lists software requirements to develop for SharePoint. |
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Describes where to find help during SharePoint development and troubleshooting. |
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Related Sections
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Describes SharePoint development in Visual Studio. |
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Creating Site Columns, Content Types, and Lists for SharePoint |
Describes how to create custom site columns, content types, and lists for SharePoint by using the Visual Studio tools for SharePoint development. |
Describes workflow design and development. |
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Describes how to connect to Business Data Connectivity (BDC) models to integrate business data. |
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Describes Web parts and Web Part Pages, the building blocks of pages on a SharePoint site. |
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Describes how to design application pages by using a designer. |
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Creating Reusable Controls for Web Parts or Application Pages |
Describes how to create custom, reusable controls for application pages and Web Parts in SharePoint. |
Describes how to navigate through the components of a SharePoint site in a Visual Studio tool window. |
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Describes how to build and debug SharePoint solutions. |
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Describes how to package and deploy SharePoint solutions. |
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Describes how to extend the SharePoint tools to create the features that you need. |
See Also
Other Resources
Developing SharePoint Solutions
Browsing SharePoint Connections Using Server Explorer