Making Web Parts in Visual Studio 2008? Use Smart Templates

If you are looking for a starting point when making Web Parts in the latest version of Visual Studio (2008) it could be worth visiting https://www.codeplex.com/smarttemplates. The SmartPart Web Part project is a great initiative and can be seen in use here. For similar SharePoint Developer projects, see https://www.codeplex.com/stsdev.

 Enjoy!

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  Hi Chris, Well spotted - It looks like the project status has changed for some reason. I would be tempted to check again in a few weeks. Unfortunately, codeplex is community ran and so I have no way of checking status. James

• Anonymous
  May 23, 2008
  Good links! Very useful information. Thanks very much.

• Anonymous
  May 29, 2008
  I had been looking for this info for a while. Cheers!

• Anonymous
  October 15, 2008
  It says that this project has not been released yet? I have found several people refering to this project, but have found no way to get it.

• Anonymous
  October 23, 2008
  If you want to use the template in VB.NET you have to download this Zip-File: http://www.codeplex.com/smarttemplates/WorkItem/AttachmentDownload.ashx?WorkItemId=968&FileAttachmentId=663 The work item “VB.NET version of the templates ” says: This ZIP file contains the VB.NET version of the project template. Copy this file in your “Visual Studio 2008TemplatesProjectTemplatesVisual Basic” folder. (Update from sharepointbook.de)

• Anonymous
  February 02, 2009
  Another project at codeplex that includes a VisualStudio Add-In for web parts development: http://www.codeplex.com/aspnetlibrary and a step-by-step tutorial on how to use the Add-in: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/sharepoint/webparts_generator_addin.aspx