SharePoint Developer Training - Weekend Crash Course, Houston Texas

I am now offering this same course with Field Advantage Training, check them out at http://www.fieldadvantagetraining.com/ for the latest on upcoming sessions, pricing, and new courses. The name of the course has been changed to SPDC101 - Core SharePoint 2007 Development.

The last SharePoint Developer - Weekend Crash Course was a complete success. I’d like to extend a big thanks to all of you who participated in helping me put it together, and to all of the attendees for your positive feedback and references; you all rock!

Based on the number of inquiries I’ve had from readers and references who’ve shown interest in taking the course, I’ve decided to repeat the course here in Houston on September 12th and 13th of 2009.

Course Description
This course is designed to cover the most common and critical SharePoint development topics I’ve come to expect from SharePoint implementations, based on several years of experience across multiple industry sectors. The course is meant for experienced .NET developers with entry to mid level SharePoint development experience.

The class will consists of a series of discussions and instructor led hands-on labs. The full agenda has been listed below. Attendees will need to bring their own laptops, for which I have posted minimum requirements (see hardware and software requirements below.)

Attendees will receive:

• An external USB 2.0 Hard Drive with 80 GB or more of storage
• A Virtual PC image running trial versions of Windows 2003, SharePoint 2007, and Visual Studio (included in the hard drive.)

Course Agenda

Day 1 Core Concepts (8:30 am - 9:45 am) • Customization vs. Development • SharePoint Designer • Visual Studio • Content Types and Site Columns • Site Templates and Site Definitions • Master Pages and Page Layouts • Features • Solution Packages 15 minute break Extending the Out of the Box Experience (10:00 am - 12:00 pm) Instructor led Hands On Lab • Creating Custom Content Types • Customizing the Content Query Web Part • Connecting to Web Services with the Data Form Web Part • Customizing Search and People Search Results 1 hour lunch break Custom Web Part Development (1:30 pm – 2:45 pm) Instructor led Hands On Lab • Creating a List Aggregator Web Part 15 minute break Custom Site Definitions (3:00 pm – 5:00) Instructor led Hands On Lab • Creating a Custom Site Definition • Lists and Libraries • Provisioning Files into Libraries • Adding Web Parts and Web Part Pages • Provisioning Multiple Sites from a Single Template (The Portal Concept)

Day 2 Feature Development and Feature Stapling (8:30 am – 9:45 am) Presentation and Instructor led Hands on Lab • Feature Scopes • Site Features • Site Collection Features • Web Application Features • Farm Features • Feature Elements • Feature Receivers • Creating a Custom Master Page Feature • Creating a Feature Stapler 15 minute break Content Types and Event Handlers (10:00 am - 12:00 pm) Instructor led Hands On Lab • Developing and Deploying Content Types with Features • Developing and Registering Event Handlers 1 hour lunch break Custom Application Pages and Extending the Menu System with Action Items (1:30 pm – 2:45 pm) Instructor led Hands On Lab • Creating a Custom Application Page • Adding Menu Items to the Site Actions and Site Settings Menus • Creating a Custom Administration Page • Adding Menu Items to Central Administration 15 minute break SharePoint Solution Packaging and Deployment (3:00 pm – 5:00pm) Instructor led Hands On Lab • Packaging Features and Site Definitions • Packaging Application and Administration Pages • Assemblies and Safe Control Entries

Hardware and Software Requirements:

• Laptop computer with a processor speed of at least 2.5 GHz with Hyper Threading or Dual Core Technology
• RAM capacity of 2 GB minimum (3-4 GB recommended)
  Must be able to allocate a minimum 1 GB of RAM to the Virtual OS
• Operating System: Windows XP Professional or Windows Vista
• Additional Software: Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft XPS Viewer

Additional Information:

• This course is not meant to provide an introduction to SharePoint or the .NET framework. Attendees are expected to have experience with the SharePoint platform as well as .NET development with Visual Studio.
• Registration is limited.

Cost:
550 US dollars per person
(group discount rates available)

Location:
Catapult Systems, Houston
10370 Richmond Ave. Suite 1250, Houston, TX 77042

Registration:

1. Click here to download the registration form
2. Complete the registration form and fax toll free to (877) 819-0945

Call 832-472-3648 or e-mail training@rafelo.com for more information

Please refer to http://www.rafelo.com/sharepointtraining for the latest information.

Here’s what some of the attendees had to say about the last session:

“Rafael's Developer Crash Course was excellent! It really was a crash course covering a lot of concepts in a short period of time. But every item covered was a practical, real-world solution that I can use as a .Net Developer to help our Administrators more easily manage our SharePoint farm. And he made it easy....” – Barry Thomas, Panhandle Energy

“I was excited about the class before it started and was not disappointed when it was over. You delivered everything I expected and more.” – Don McKenzie

"Rafael provided clear, step-by-step instruction as to the ins and outs of content management in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. I would recommend this class as an effective, inexpensive way to hone your SharePoint development skills." - Troy Lanphier, Catapult Systems

“Rafael’s training series gets two thumbs up. The precision of this course was a balance of a technical and functional workshop to illustrate real life scenarios of business solutions utilized in our day to day corporate operations.” ”I recommend this course to developers and functional people who wish to add value to their organization and grow within the SharePoint community. Rafael, best wishes and continued success on all of your SharePoint endeavors.” – Reece Collins, Inseptions

"Prior to attending the class, I was convinced that I would need a great deal of C# training before I could begin to develop in SharePoint. Rafael's class provided insight that allowed me to build and deploy solutions for my clients' SharePoint environments." - Marlene Lanphier, GUIO

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