It has been a year since Sharepoint 2016 has become generally available. And I am hearing a lot about Sharepoint these days. In fact, most of .Net developers are trending towards Sharepoint development by jumping right into the coding. So, let me take this opportunity to reiterate essential key points required to become a successful SharePoint developer.
#1 Solve problems easily
Developing with the help of technologies like .Net or Sharepoint isn’t easy. And most of the amateur developers often end up quitting their jobs due to the following reasons such as:
On and all, a professional requires incorporating problem-solving skills. He must carry an attitude to win over them in a pretty safe and understandable manner.
#2 Proper access to Sharepoint environment
Proper environment means having full control of the working of the SharePoint. One can think of creating their own environment which will offer numerous opportunities like:
He will be free to make any number of mistakes. He will learn by doing things again and again. This will ultimately help him to keep going forever.
Security is one of the most important aspects of Sharepoint and here an aspiring web developer will be privileged to create and handle or alter all the accounts. If you are not able to handle the workflow then it becomes a problem.
Also, he must have access to all the current information regarding Sharepoint development just to keep himself updated.
#3 Know Sharepoint user interface quite well
One should know very well about how and where to use some of the elements or components like the Ribbon Sharepoint site actions, list views, forms, layout pages, web parts, ECB and so more. One must know where to use these components so that he is able to lend the platform a unique combination and aspect of knowing the ecosystem. For example, leveraging OOB components will simplify the efforts and result by creating more consistent experience for the end user. This will only come with practical skills and knowledge.
#4 Learn what the internals of Sharepoint developers are
Though personality traits are essential enough, yet the whole knowledge is also must. It may quite interest you to know that one can go through the 14 hive in the share point and treasure the worth of the information. In addition to this, a programmer can also go through the following:
Getting a proper understanding of SharePoint will help you giving clues of doing the thing in a right manner.
#5 Do not customize or build solutions
Most of the people who call themselves PRO in Sharepoint development are not the ones who launch the visual studios. Although, it's great if you create big solutions in very short span of time, even without making use of the visual studio yet customizations are one of the off solutions and can never be repeated until and unless the work is redone.
No Sharepoint code is associated with the above efforts which result in making above efforts, maintenance a difficult affair.
So, don’t just jump right into SharePoint development until you have become proficient with using the platform, as well as have a better understanding of all its capabilities and features. We all are practitioners who need to stop hiding behind the myth that writing Sharepoint code is hard.
#1 Solve problems easily
Developing with the help of technologies like .Net or Sharepoint isn’t easy. And most of the amateur developers often end up quitting their jobs due to the following reasons such as:
- There are very few Sharepoint developers and more number of problems
- The size and reach of Sharepoint is too large and scope is too wide that there will be lots of unexplored and undocumented territory.
- Sharepoint happens to exist in a vacuum. Hence there are always some of the points that are unique to every organization deploying any sort of product.
On and all, a professional requires incorporating problem-solving skills. He must carry an attitude to win over them in a pretty safe and understandable manner.
#2 Proper access to Sharepoint environment
Proper environment means having full control of the working of the SharePoint. One can think of creating their own environment which will offer numerous opportunities like:
He will be free to make any number of mistakes. He will learn by doing things again and again. This will ultimately help him to keep going forever.
Security is one of the most important aspects of Sharepoint and here an aspiring web developer will be privileged to create and handle or alter all the accounts. If you are not able to handle the workflow then it becomes a problem.
Also, he must have access to all the current information regarding Sharepoint development just to keep himself updated.
#3 Know Sharepoint user interface quite well
One should know very well about how and where to use some of the elements or components like the Ribbon Sharepoint site actions, list views, forms, layout pages, web parts, ECB and so more. One must know where to use these components so that he is able to lend the platform a unique combination and aspect of knowing the ecosystem. For example, leveraging OOB components will simplify the efforts and result by creating more consistent experience for the end user. This will only come with practical skills and knowledge.
#4 Learn what the internals of Sharepoint developers are
Though personality traits are essential enough, yet the whole knowledge is also must. It may quite interest you to know that one can go through the 14 hive in the share point and treasure the worth of the information. In addition to this, a programmer can also go through the following:
- Resource files
- XSLT files
- Images
- Javascript files
- Sit definitions and web templates
- Layout pages
- Features
- Configuration files
- User controls
Getting a proper understanding of SharePoint will help you giving clues of doing the thing in a right manner.
#5 Do not customize or build solutions
Most of the people who call themselves PRO in Sharepoint development are not the ones who launch the visual studios. Although, it's great if you create big solutions in very short span of time, even without making use of the visual studio yet customizations are one of the off solutions and can never be repeated until and unless the work is redone.
No Sharepoint code is associated with the above efforts which result in making above efforts, maintenance a difficult affair.
So, don’t just jump right into SharePoint development until you have become proficient with using the platform, as well as have a better understanding of all its capabilities and features. We all are practitioners who need to stop hiding behind the myth that writing Sharepoint code is hard.