Customer Reviews

Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Unleashed

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This book is layouted the same as the SDK, however the SDK contains more information. You do get a huge amount of long tables that give a one sentence description of the properties and methods of the objects, not much of a use.
Examples are worthless command-line programs which show how some methods are called but don't really show why you would use them or even the a proper way of using them, they are like the tables of descriptions just fillers.

One thing I was looking for was programming examples on features instead I get a command line program on how to use the write statement to list all the active features on a site. That basically describes this book, alot of filler information and information that has minimal practical use.

This book is a good intermediate overview of all the things that a developer might be asked to have an opinion on and I think this is a valuable book for a consultant who needs to have a thorough understanding of the possibilities. The contents of this book will give a new SharePoint developer credibility going into an interview or working on a SharePoint implementation for the first time. While this is typical feel-good Microsoft marketing and should not be the only resource a new developer would use to learn how to develop SharePoint all by themselves for the first time, it will help someone new to the technology to narrow down what piece of SharePoint development is most compelling to them and give them an idea of why you don't want to be stuck being the only SharePoint developer in your company. This book is a great explanation of the magnitude of the effort your company is undertaking by choosing to implement SharePoint. Other audiences that would greatly benefit include IT Project Managers and Business Analysts.

There is no single thorough chapter in this book... a few pages about CAML, a few pages about web parts, all on the surface... speaking about web parts, they haven't even mentioned custom tool parts, which are essential part of web part development for moss...

I returned the book and wouldn't recommend it to anyone...

this book is a great place to start. i could not figure out what the _heck_ was going on with sharepoint dev. i got this book, read all the way through it and did most of the "labs". when i was finished, i was able to go on to other books, like pattisons. yes, some of the examples are console apps, but i understood console apps when i didnt understand what a feature was. again, great place to start.

Nothing in here that is not on msdn or googled. They even reprinted some of the errors!! Examples are weak and just reprints of existing info.

Too bad... a disapointmnet of the unleashed series.

This is isn't helpfull at all. I didn't find that it has anything extra to offer.

This book is exactly what I needed to bring me up-to-date on the code side of SharePoint 2007. Having a considerable amount of 2003 development under my belt, I was able to use this book to bring me up to speed on the new API features. I found the sections on list events, workflows, and web parts to be the most helpful.

I've been looking for a book for SharePoint developers and until finding this book I hadn't found any. Everything on the market is for administrators or really basic programming tasks. This book covers everything from Web Parts to Web Services to the BDC. It's a one-stop shop for all the coding tasks you'll need as a MOSS programmer.

Regarding the bad reviews earlier, did you guys even read the book?

This is a great book for developers new to Sharepoint development. Covers the basics for coding with the api.