Innovation Matters

Essays on AI, developer tools, and thoughtful software.

  • Get active project - Extending Visual Studio SharePoint development tools tip #1

    One of the things that I very often needed, while creating Visual Studio SharePoint development tools extensions, was a reference to the current project. No matter whether you want to add a reference or a new project item, a reference to the object that represents the current project is the first part of the solution.

  • Extending Visual Studio SharePoint development tools: good to know

    The new Visual Studio SharePoint development tools are way more than “only” a set of tools that helps you during the process of developing SharePoint 2010 solutions. The new development tools ship with a whole framework that allows you to extend the tools to fit your specific needs. While the team responsible for the tools, put a lot of effort into making the extensibility very easy, there are some hidden gems, which, if you know them, will make extending the tools even easier.

  • Including additional assemblies in the WSP with Visual Studio SharePoint development tools

    The new Visual Studio SharePoint development tools simplify work for SharePoint developers. Out-of-the-box the tools have some great functionality and knowing about these gems allows you to fully benefit of the power of the new tools. One of such gems can be used to make the process of provisioning multiple assemblies with a simple SharePoint Solution (WSP) easier.