10 Essential SharePoint Developer Tools

By Cory

#10 XML Notepad 2007

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Why You Need It

• Perfect for editing large XML files such as List Definitions, Site Definitions (onet.xml) and large XML feature files (Content Types, Site Columns, etc)
• Great support for expanding / collapsing nodes
• Good for testing XSL transformations

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SharePoint 2010 Sneak Peek is out!

By Cory

Check it out here: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/2010/Sneak_Peek/Pages/default.aspx

Microsoft has posted three great videos detailing improvements for three roles of users including a general overview, IT professionals and developers.

Some of the highlights include:

• Ribbon support (with live preview and context aware)
• Visio Services
• BDC revamped to the Business Connectivity Services
• Groove revamped to SharePoint Workspace
• SharePoint Web Part
• Large List Management (Means potential support for > 2000 item limits)
• Better disaster recovery options
• Visual Web Part development
• LINQ for SharePoint
• and a really interesting Developer Dashboard that provides important statics about code running within a SharePoint page