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A comprehensive, practical, and hands-on guide to SharePoint 2010 development Start to finish coverage from top SharePoint expert, Rob Foster (Microsoft MVP and co-host, SharePoint Pod Show) Real-world scenarios: setting up development teams, creating workflows, automating deployments, upgrading from SharePoint 2007, feature upgrades, and more Extensive advanced coverage: social features, search, Business Connectivity Services, LINQ, Silverlight, and more SharePoint 2010 offers developers more power and flexibility than any previous version of SharePoint. In this book, one of the world's most experienceded SharePoint developers covers everything programmers need to know to create robust, dynamic, scalable, and manageable solutions for any organization, no matter how large or complex. Thoroughly hands-on and packed with code examples, SharePoint 2010 Development Unleashed covers the entire development process, as well as all development tools, coding approaches, and key APIs. SharePoint MVP Rob Foster thoroughly discusses Microsoft's newest and most powerful SharePoint enhancements, and presents a full section on its powerful new social features and API. Coverage includes: " Developing SharePoint 2010 solutions with Visual Studio 2010, SharePoint Designer, and PowerShell " Setting up projects and teams, creating web parts and features, and deploying solutions " Using LINQ, Silverlight, events, and event receivers " Working with SharePoint 2010's server-side, client-side, and web services APIs " Using Social Tagging, bookmarking, organization, and the new Social and Organization APIs " Configuring search and programming with the Search API " Using Business Connectivity Services (BCS) to access line-of-business data and enterprise content " Creating workflows in SharePoint Designer and managing them in Visual Studio 2010 " Upgrading projects from SharePoint 2010