Customer Reviews

Developer's Guide to the Windows SharePoint Services v3 Platform (Charles River Media Programming)

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When I get a book, especially a technical one, I generally go through the table of contents to get a high-level overview. When I did that with this book, it seemed comprehensive and well laid out. Unfortunately, as I actually began to read the book, two things made the going very rough. First, there are a huge number of annoying typos. And second, the author makes reference to things before explaining what they are. As a result, you find yourself flipping pages looking for explanatory material about what you have just read. Very quickly I just gave up. I passed this along to another fellow at work, a network technician, who will probably be able to make good use of it as a reference book. But for someone like myself, a developer looking for an introduction to WSS v3, this volume was disappointing. At the same time I bought this book, I also purchase Scot Hillier's book, "Microsoft SharePoint: Building Office 2007 Solutions in C# 2005". Scot's book starts with the business case, then proceeds nicely to the technical issues. I highly recommend Hillier's book to any developer looking for a good foundation in WSS v3.

I agree with the other reviews here... this is a well thought out book and Todd definitely explains the technology well.

This book would have been perfect.. if I didnt get to the first big code example (page 205-209) and find so many bugs.. Work thru setting up this project and you will see what I mean. This has kind of scared me away from the rest of the coding examples in the book.. some other typos and such (isnt it a foreword????) that made me smile right off..

Bottom line - SPS 3.0 explained well, dont trust the coding examples.

I have read more than half of the book and am very disappointed with the content. He spends far too much time explaining how things were done in SharePoint Services v2 and then how they are different in v3. I was hoping for more information about how to do things in SharePoint v3 but there is not enough meat to actually get in and do anything.

I've been a SharePoint developer for several years now and am currently developing custom solutions for SharePoint V3. SharePoint V3 is a huge leap from the previous version. Developers need a resource to help get their hands around developing custom solutions. This book provides us a comprehensive resource for that purpose. The book that covers everything from Authentication and Authorization to Web Parts and Workflows. No SharePoint V3 developer should be without it!

For WSS v3, the new version of SharePoint product, it's not easy to find a good book. Yes, you can download the SDK. But somehow it's not a good start point for beginners! This book was the first one did a good job on providing guidance for the beginners of WSS developers. Even over, it show us many different aspect of programming for WSS, such as Event Receiver, Custom Field Type, and Web Part.
But this book contain many typos error! The publisher did introduced many error!? Very often, you must go to the CD to find the correct code or Fig.
But I still recommend this book. Very valueable! True.

I would recommend "Inside Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 " instead of this book. That book feels more upto date with the subject.

Great book! Gets right to the point!! This book doesn't require you to go through it in order. Find the chapter you'd like to read and dive right into it!

We are currently implementing WSS 3.0 and we need to quickly learn any and everything about WSS 3.0. This book is absolutely a perfect fit for us. For those who were exposed to WSS 2.0 this book provides useful information regarding the differences between 2.0 and 3.0 so you can learn quickly.

The first few chapters are really "end users" friendly, so they can read through them and see the improvement provided in WSS 3.0. This book is truly audience friendly.

I'm to page 61 and am already impressed. After having seen Todd present at several events (which is an event in itself), I knew it would be thorough information and simply put.

As a full-time Notes developer, I have had limited experience with WSS. I had a few months to experiment with V2 a couple of years ago and not much else since then but reading to keep up with the latest. The book has been easy to follow for me.

This book makes complicated features/concepts simpler. Some highlights so far:
-Short code snippets about the object model, which is much easier to digest than a page of code.
-the explanations of WSS 3.0 authentication are enlightening and will enable me to understand and discuss it with people who know much more about it.
-the explanation of the Mobile Emulator setup was simple and concise.
-He doesn't blur the lines between WSS and MOSS!

It has been my experience to date that good information on WSS is scattered and, many times, much more information than I need. I want to read something that gives me an immediate understanding of the subject at hand, gives me what I NEED TO KNOW, I'll fill in the details later. This book brings it all together in a clear, concise manner.

This book is the best resource I've found for SharePoint development. It has 3 chapters dedicated to Web Part development for which I am grateful. Sometimes the turorials don't match up to the IDE but I have been able to figure out what I need to do.

It is apparent that this book was put out to market before it was truly ready, yet I am grateful that it exists imperfectly or I wouldn't have any good resource for developing with SharePoint.

The author provides a website to address erata including a forum which he responds to at times. The website has helped me get over some tutorial problems mentioned above.

The book is definitely worth the money; the examples have saved me considerable pain and frustration.

This is an excellent book on the Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) IF:

Your boss has already told you to use WSS
You already know what WSS is supposed to do
You have some programming experience, especially in C#
You know about the .NET Framework
You have some basic knowledge of how the web works
You really want to know about WSS.

If you don't know what WSS is, the first sentence says that it 'is the ideal platform for the creation of reusable and modular websites for use in an intranet, extranet, or Internet scenario.' But I thought that same sentence would do for a book on Front Page or ASP.NET or a whole bunch of other technologies.

Summary, a good book for the developer, too advanced for the complete beginner. If you're a beginner I'd suggest that you start with SharePoint For Dummies then move to this book.