I have been trying to find a book or web reference that gives me good understanding on how to build, test, and deploy ASP.NET pages, controls, and web parts to a SharePoint web site. All I have found so far is either draggy-droppy stuff or administration stuff.
Is SharePoint really flexible with ASP.NET when is comes to extending it? A series of getting started videos or tutorials would be ideal.
Thanks in advance!!
It is just ASP.NET and is extenable to a certain limit. It all just depends on what you want to do.
I found the wrox books very usefull: Professional SharePoint 2007 Development Expert WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 Programming
Did you check out http://MSSharePointDeveloper.com yet?
If you are going to be doing any Publishing with Sharepoint Andrew Connell's book Professional Sharepoint Content Management is a must read.
I've had remarkable luck with PilotHouse Consulting's SharePoint development DVD for getting a bunch of the basics for SharePoint development. I'm going to check out these other answers though.
Another good developer reference is Inside Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. This is Microsoft's recommended reading for the core WSS developer exam and is often seen as a bible for SharePoint development.
From twitter they are announcing MSDN Office Developer Bookshop today
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