Top 5 SharePoint Articles

David Martos

As with the top e-Book and the top twitter accounts to follow, it’s really difficult to highlight a list of SharePoint articles I’ve ever read. First because I’m pretty sure that if I try to think about that, the top 5 articles would be related to what I’m currently working on. Second because I have a list of hundreds of articles marked as “mandatory” and selecting 5 of them would take me hours of reading. I will try to select 5 good articles. Although some are quite old, they helped shape my learning and could lead you to great new content.

1. Waldek Mastykarz’s post – Programmatically provisioning Variations in SharePoint Server 2010 Programmatically
I found Waldek with this article and followed him since then. When it comes to SharePoint development and WCM, he knows what you are looking for.

2. Spenser Harbar’s post – Rational Guide to implementing SharePoint Server 2010 User Profile Synchronization
Everyone who worked with SharePoint 2010 gets scared at “I have problems with the User Profile Synchronization” words. After reading Spencer Harbar’s article you will still be scared but, at least, will know how to face these problems head on.

3. Chris O’Brien’s post SharePoint 2013 – my view on what’s new (particularly for developers)
This is a nice summary of what we, as developers, found when SharePoint 2013 was released. Of course you will find several other interesting posts on this blog, especially regarding ALM, where Chris is a real specialist.

4. Tobias Zimmergren’s post – SP 2013: Some new DelegateControl additions to the SharePoint 2013 master pages
To be honest, I wanted to highlight a post from Tobias but this is an imposible task. This is, in my oppinion, the best SharePoint development blog. Articles are interesting and clear, and the look& feel is great. Take this article as an example but do not hesiste to browse other articles.

5.Kirk Evans post – ALM for SharePoint Apps – This article is part of a series on ALM and SharePoint that I found really useful as a starting point for people asking me for information on this topic, especially if you are planning to use TFS as the continous integration service.

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