SharePoint 2010: Developer Best Practices Resource Center

Do you want to get started, or are you interested in discovering something new? See Top 10 lists, including developer features, how-to topics, API documentation, and code samples.

Find developer resources for using the comprehensive ECM object model to manage documents, records, managed metadata, rich media assets, and web content.

Are you developing an extension to SharePoint administrative functions? Get guidance, including information about programmatic administration, extending Central Administration, and creating Windows PowerShell cmdlets.

Are you creating client applications that access SharePoint data remotely? Find overviews, guidelines, and programming tasks for all three flavors of the SharePoint Foundation client object model: .NET managed, Silverlight, and ECMAScript.

Resource centers aggregate useful links to SDK documentation, code samples, blogs, and other related content on a central theme, typically highlighting a SharePoint developer feature or a common customization task. Check back often for new resource centers!

Are you looking for information about BCS? BCS enables users to read and write data from external systems-through web services, databases, and .NET assemblies.

Are you looking to learn about Excel Services programmability capabilities? Learn about Excel Web Services, UDFs, the Excel Web Access Web Part, REST, and ECMAScript support.

Are you new to SharePoint security, or do you want to learn the latest about claims-based identity? Find information about areas of security, including authentication, role providers, and claims.

Are you ready to move to SharePoint 2010? Learn about upgrading customizations and reusing your code.

Are you an experienced SharePoint Developer? Get a list of new features, content, training, and code samples for SharePoint 2010.