Friday, January 10, 2014
SharePoint 2010
We've been using SharePoint 2007 at work for years. Now we're transitioning to SharePoint 2010. Things are locked down pretty tight where I work so I can't do any code-behind development, but there's still a lot you can do with the available web parts. I am able to use SharePoint Designer 2010, which has come in handy to tweak some things, adding functionality that's not available out of the box.
Wednesday, January 08, 2014
WebMatrix
I've been working with WebMatrix to build Web Pages 2.0 pages to interact with data stored in SQL Server. I like WebMatrix and the Razor syntax; it lets me keep the code for the page on that page. I've always found ASP to be too verbose and obtuse for my taste. Well, I'm learning ASP.NET whether I like it or not as I build pages with WebMatrix.
The impetus for this "project" is interacting with data. Having some concrete goals in mind eases the pain of the ASP.NET I need to learn to accomplish those goals. As always, it's a process of solving a seemingly-endless set of small issues/steps, some of which are spawned by the latest tweaks to the page/site.
Perhaps that's why my previous attempts to "learn ASP.NET" were unsatisfying: I didn't have a sharp focus and quickly became overwhelmed by the vastness of the topic. Not to mention there are a number of approaches and methodologies. WebMatrix just seems simpler to me than "Web Forms" or "MVC".
The impetus for this "project" is interacting with data. Having some concrete goals in mind eases the pain of the ASP.NET I need to learn to accomplish those goals. As always, it's a process of solving a seemingly-endless set of small issues/steps, some of which are spawned by the latest tweaks to the page/site.
Perhaps that's why my previous attempts to "learn ASP.NET" were unsatisfying: I didn't have a sharp focus and quickly became overwhelmed by the vastness of the topic. Not to mention there are a number of approaches and methodologies. WebMatrix just seems simpler to me than "Web Forms" or "MVC".
I really need to tweak the look and feel of this site
Right now it's got a mint-green theme. I hate that color. It's too institutional.
Another long gap
Another long gap between blog posts. In the last few days at work I started a couple blogs on our SharePoint 2010 site. A few minutes ago it struck me that this blog was already extant. Perhaps I'll start actually using it.
BTW: I'm having to use HTML mode to compose this on my work computer. I couldn't just click in this editing window and start typing.
It's actually not a problem working in HTML because I've been working a lot with WebMatrix, which doesn't have a WYSIWYG editor. It's good for me to work directly with the HTML tags.
I'm going to go ahead and publish this post to see how it comes out.
BTW: I'm having to use HTML mode to compose this on my work computer. I couldn't just click in this editing window and start typing.
It's actually not a problem working in HTML because I've been working a lot with WebMatrix, which doesn't have a WYSIWYG editor. It's good for me to work directly with the HTML tags.
I'm going to go ahead and publish this post to see how it comes out.
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