Can’t get enough of VSeVSS? Get SmartTemplate then
Jan Tielens who created the SmartPart project came up with another SharePoint project called SmartTemplate. Similar to VSeWSS, SmartTemplate ease the development of SharePoint projects by automating the creating of configurations file with wizards and tools. Further more, by integrating SharePoint Installer, a setup program is created for you as well, giving developers more automation without using STSADM to install the feature. Best of all, it is running inside VS2008!!
Download the project here, it is just v0.2 but can be used to created SmartPart and WebPart project. More are in the todo list, i.e. Event Handler and Application Page project.
Here is the demo video I download from the CodePlex page.
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YouTube – SharePoint SmartTemplate demo
Return of SmartPart 1.3 and SharePoint Installer
Jan Tielen give SharePoint developers a nice Valentine gift yesterday when he takes Return of SmartPart 1.3 out of beta. Quoted from his blog, “For those of you who don’t know the SmartPart: it’s a generic web part wrapper for SharePoint 2007 which can host any ASP.NET Web User Controls. So basically you can build web parts by using the Visual Studio designers instead of having to write all the code by hand.” Now it gives you the capability to develop AJAX enable webpart easily. Download it here and below is the tutorial on setting up SmartPart 1.3.
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YouTube – Deploy and setup SmartPart 1.3
Look mum!! No more STSADM command for SharePoint feature installation!! Thanks to a CodePlex project called SharePoint Installer, you can create a setup file which also let you decide which SharePoint site to activate your Sharepoint Feature.
about me
Hi there! My name is Patrick and I code on .NET and build a few products on SharePoint and Windows Azure. I am currently CTO of IPS Infonomics Pte Ltd and co-founder of Tech Insights Conference.
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