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Microsoft SharePoint: Building Office 2003 Solutions 1st Edition

by Scot P. Hillier (Author)
3.3 out of 5 stars 15 customer reviews
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  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (March 15, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1590593383
  • ISBN-13: 978-1590593387
  • Product Dimensions: 7 x 1.2 x 9.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 starsSome great topics, but too thin!
By Parker on May 1, 2004
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This book covers some great topics, but not in enough detail in some of the areas I had hoped. I was shocked when I received the book because I was expecting a typical thick geek book--a disappointment for spending $(...)!
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5.0 out of 5 starsNot your traditional computer book
By Philo Janus on June 5, 2004
Format: Paperback
I bought Scot's book hot off the presses, since it's the first major SharePoint 2003 book. When I got it, I breezed through it, and I'll be honest - I was unimpressed.
Well, I had reason to browse through it again, and this time I just sat down and started reading it. That's when I realized - certain book publishers that use multiple authors had taught me not to bother reading computer books through, as they were so disjointed they worked better as technical manuals. So that's what I'm used to - being able to flip a few pages and find the thing I'm looking for.
Scot's book is different. It harkens back to a day where you could actually read through a book and learn a new technology in a structured manner. If you take the time to read the book from start to finish (it doesn't take long - if you skim the tutorials you can probably get through most of it in a single evening) it's a good thorough introduction to SharePoint. And I mean thorough - there are tutorials on building web parts, working with page templates, creating data views in FrontPage, integrating Windows Single Signon...
(Incidentally, I'm not trying to cast aspersion on one method of publishing over another - I'm simply trying to indicate the different "reading philosophies" each may require)
He also has a nice walkthrough for creating a new portal from the ground up - laying out areas, sites, as well as explaining users and groups.
All in all, I give this book a healthy thumb's up for anyone who wants to learn SharePoint admin and development - for the first book out of the gate, it's an excellent reference to have.
Philo
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5.0 out of 5 starsSimply terrific
By gottahaveajava on July 31, 2004
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I was working through the MOC courseware, which is incoherent and riddled with mistakes, and I turned to this book using one of my time-tested methods for determining the merits of a tech book: I looked to see if it addressed the problem I was stuck on, and how skillfully it described the solution. I also look to see how well it attacks the most confusing subject I'm trying to come to grips with.

This book succeeded fabulously on both counts. My particular problem had to do with pinpointing an error in which my new Web Part was rendered as an obnoxious and non-specific security error in a Web Part Page. The answer: make sure that your .dwp file has a properly coded 'Assembly' section in it. Scot's explanation illuminated the whole strong-naming and deployment cycle beautifully.

As for the confusing subject, the first few chapters build an SPS portal from the ground up, explaining everything along the way. No one paragraph holds the key, but when you're done building this simple portal, you look up and the lights have been turned on. You start being able to successfully distinguish among portal, site collection, top-level site, area, topic (these are all variants of sites, btw), etc. and will know when when one is a better fit than another. The concepts that most experts fail to explain are no longer mystifying. That's a tremendous accomplishment.

This book could single-handedly dispel the myth that SharePoint Products and Services require mystic knowledge to operate.

Beware that the book's primary focus is development and programming, which it also explains beautifully, but even if you're an administrator, the first few chapters alone will be worth the price of admission.
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4.0 out of 5 starsSharepoint Webpart solutions for developers
By SPointE182 on May 7, 2005
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"Microsoft Sharepoint: Building Office 2003 Solutions" by Scott Hiller is a introductory book on Sharepoint technology for developers

Starting 4 chapters are on Introducing Sharepoint Portal server, Installation and on content creation (nothing for developer there). Next 3 chapters provide good understanding of web part development. There is chapter on Integration with office 2003 Smart document stuff. Next Chapter discusses the programming to Sharepoint object model. Next chapter provides some information on the Sharepoint Portal server administration and at the end it discusses the 2 office solution Accelerators (for Proposals and for Recruiting).

This book contains good amount of sample code for the web parts development, and 2 Solution Accelerators chapters. Other chapters are of introductory knowledge on Sharepoint usage and administration. Depending on your need only few chapters might be useful. If you have knowledge of .NET development and want to understand web part development, web part chapters of this book along with the Microsoft Sharepoint SDK might be good place to start.
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5.0 out of 5 starsTimely Information
By Joel Magoun on May 6, 2004
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I found this book to be an excellent resource for people looking to do anything with sharepoint, whether it be development or deployment or anything inbetween. This book covers all the bases, and while it isn't as in depth as future sharepoint books will be, the information is timely. For me as a developer and implementer with sharepoint projects stacked on top of one another, i'm scrambling for as much information as i can get. With other sharepoint books still being a month away from being available at the time I write this, I'm glad that I found at least one helpful resource to use in the interim. If you're looking for a super advanced tech manual, this is not the book for you, however for right now it's the closest thing you're gonna find outside of MSDN.
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1.0 out of 5 starsIm in agreement with Dr Stinkface

im moving over from vb to c#, so naturally I would like to see examples written in c# so I can get the semantics down.

This book does not do that. Read more

Published on August 3, 2006 by J. pate
1.0 out of 5 starsNot for developers

The chapter in this book on Web Parts is well explained and laid out with one huge fundamental flaw; the author can't decide whether he wants to illustrate examples with C# or... Read more

Published on May 25, 2005 by Doctor Stinkface
3.0 out of 5 starsNot bad for a beginner SPS book

Here ares ome of the bugs i had encountered with this book

Missing hardware configuration on chapter 2 to start the 1.excersises in the book

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Published on September 19, 2004 by .Net learner
5.0 out of 5 starsThis book rocks

I wish this guy will write more books it is absolutely one off the best computer books I have read. Great format.

Published on July 31, 2004 by Manil
4.0 out of 5 starsGreat book for SharePoint Developrs

In April of this year, I put my hands on this book and devoured it right away. This review has had time to stir and digest, and I'd like to take a few moments to share what I... Read more

Published on July 13, 2004 by Maxim Karpov
4.0 out of 5 starsGood book for developers

In April of this year, I put my hands on this book and devoured it right away. This review has had time to stir and digest, and I'd like to take a few moments to share what I... Read more

Published on July 13, 2004 by Maxim Karpov
5.0 out of 5 starsVery in-depth book on Sharepoint.

I wont pretend to write a glowing review, I just want say that this is worth looking at.

Published on June 8, 2004 by Matthew Williams
2.0 out of 5 starsThis book is pretty good, but lacks install and cfg. details

This book is pretty good, but lacks install and cfg. details

Published on May 26, 2004
5.0 out of 5 starsA great, comprehensive way to learn the basics

Scot shows his obvious depth and breadth of knowledge of SharePoint Portal Server 2003. As someone who is currently in the middle of a SharePoint deployment project, I'm always... Read more

Published on May 13, 2004 by Michelle

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