E' stata appena rilasciata la versione di marzo delle Visual Studio Extension per SharePoint. (come annuncia Paul Andrew).
Ecco la lista delle nuove caratteristiche (molte introdotte già con la precedente release):
- Can be installed on x64 Server OS machines running SharePoint x64. Previously only x86 Server OS could be used
- Separate build commands for package, deploy and retract are added as Visual Studio menu items
- WSP View improvements for consistency of deleting feature elements, merging features and adding event receivers to features
- Command line build, package and retract commands are included enabling continuous integration and build servers. Previously command line build of SharePoint projects was very difficult
- Refactoring support for renaming of Web Parts. Previously renaming a web part required changes in several files in the project
- Solution Generator can now generate solutions from publishing sites. Previously only regular sites could be generated
- Allowing partial trust BIN deployments of web parts
- New project item template for SharePoint RootFiles items
- Deployment will now optionally remove conflicting existing features on the development server prior to redeployment. Previously any feature name conflicts would result in an error
- Ancillary assemblies such as for business logic can now be added to the SharePoint Solution WSP
- Hidden features related to Site Definition projects are now shown in WSP View. They are no longer hidden
- For advanced users a fast deploy is included to update only the compiled assembly on the SharePoint development installation
- Deployment step logging is included
- The List Definition from Content Type template now allows for the creation of a List Definition Event Receiver
- The User Guide is now installed with the extensions instead of being a separate download
Todd Bleeker ha lanciato un sondaggio sul suo blog, chiedendo quale(i) tools gli sviluppatori SharePoint utilizzano di preferenza.
E voi?
Source: Preferred SharePoint Development Tool
E’ appena terminato l’MVP Global Summit 2009, che si è tenuto a Seattle (con una doppia puntata a Redmond in casa Microsoft).
Evento ricco di contenuto e di “contorno”, di sicuro una bella esperienza sotto tanti punti di vista.
Avrei voglia di raccontare un sacco di cose, ma purtroppo l’NDA dice no…
Steve Ballmer, come forse alcuni di voi hanno letto, ha annunciato che la vNext di SharePoint (quella che ad oggi molti chiamano Office 14) sarà “globally available” nel 2010.
Microsoft released an alpha version of Office 14 — which includes a new Office for Sales SKU — in January to selected customers. A first beta is looking like this summer, according to sources with whom I’m spoken recently. Microsoft is aiming to release Office 14 client and SharePoint Server 14 together. It also is aiming to ship the next version of Office Communications Server, tentatively known as OCS 2010, next year, as well.
Fonte: Mary Jo Foley @ ZDNet
Il futuro, più o meno immediato, si prospetta davvero denso di studio… il che in fondo è una delle cose che rendono entusiasmante il lavoro che faccio…
…oltre a certe foto :-)