Waldek Mastykarz - Innovation Matters | SharePoint Server MVP | ISSN 2210-9390

SharePoint 2010 ships with the new JavaScript Object Model (JSOM) that allows you to create rich solutions without a single line of server-side code. Using the new JSOM you can create pretty powerful solutions especially when combined with libraries like jQuery. One downside of working with the SharePoint 2010 is the lack of intellisense. This can however be easily fixed. But do we really have to memorize the syntax and the location of all the files we need? Read more »

No-code SharePoint solutions became very popular in the last two years. Having virtually no deployment boundaries they are ideal for power users to enhance their sites with new dynamic functionality. While SharePoint 2007 already allowed us to do some great stuff with no-code solutions, thanks to the JavaScript Object Model provided with SharePoint 2010 we can make even richer solution without a single line of server-side code. And while retrieving information from SharePoint is pretty cool, being able to target it to your users is what it takes to use no-code solutions on Internet-facing websites. Read more »

Delivering a great User Experience for a custom application developed on the SharePoint application is really easy using the new SharePoint 2010 UI API. One of the new possibilities is to leverage the Notification Area to communicate the progress of an operation to the users to make using your applications more intuitive and responsive. Read more »

SharePoint 2010 ships with a brand new framework for delivering compelling user experiences for custom applications created using the SharePoint platform. One of the pieces of the UI framework is the Status bar which can be used to display persistent messages to the users. Read more »

If you are a SharePoint developer, or do some general .NET development, you probably work with overloading methods. Using the same name you can define multiple variants of the same method by specifying a different set of parameters. As SharePoint 2010 contains a large piece of very powerful API in the JavaScript: both for communicating with the SharePoint platform (also known as the SharePoint Client Object Model) and manipulating the UI, the odds are high that you will sooner or later start using JavaScript more and will extend the functionality provided by SharePoint to meet your needs. While overloading might seem very straight forward, there is one thing that you need to remember while working with JavaScript. Read more »