Check out the newest SetFocus ASP.Net code sample:
http://www.setfocus.com/TechnicalArticles/Articles/imagedatalist.aspx
Code Sample – Image in a Datalist
New Code Sample
Check out the new ASP.Net Tip at SetFocus:
http://www.setfocus.com/TechnicalArticles/Articles/printbuttonjavascript.aspx
Week 9 – SharePoint Master’s Program
Check out the latest video diary entry:
Hi, this is David Wier. Welcome back to my SetFocus SharePoint video diary.
This has been a very busy week. Not only did we finish up our project and have a test on our development section, but we started a new section, web content management using MOSS. In my previous encounters with SharePoint, I really wasn’t made aware that this kind of thing was even available. I’ve heard the word branding but I never heard it in reference to SharePoint. Every other site I used or was familiar with in SharePoint looked pretty much the same. It looked like a SharePoint site. With as much as we’ve learned already, now I’m starting to see a much bigger picture of what SharePoint is and what it’s capable of.
Before I had such a small idea of what SharePoint was, but now I’m starting to find out that it’s a whole lot bigger than I even imagined. Even if you’ve seen the basic SharePoint look and feel in your internet and you want to see all that it can do are some of what it can do, go to the Library of Congress website or the Government of Australia website. This will show you a little bit of what’s possible over and above of what you’ve already been exposed to. So I’ll see you next week at pretty much the same place, the same time and it will be my next video diary entry.
Week 8 – Finished Mini Project 2
Latest Video Diary entry: 
Hi, this is David Wier. Welcome back to my SetFocus SharePoint video diary. Wow, this week was another good week.
Not only did we finish learning about adding our own code and user controls to SharePoint web parts, but we started another mini project. I’m not quite finished, but at this point, I can tell you that you learn almost as much in the mini projects as you do in the class itself. This project has been one of the biggest challenges so far. Sometimes between work and family and class and just life in general, the thought runs through your head that you maybe just give up.
But let me tell you now, if that thought passes through your mind, just ignore it. Sometimes the learning curve is hard. In fact, it usually is when learning new technology but you can do it. I know because I’m finding out that I can do it, too. So, I’ll see you next week at pretty much the same time and the same place with my next video diary entry.
Week 7 – A Good Week – SharePoint Video Diary
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Hi, this is David Wier. Welcome back to my SharePoint video diary for SetFocus.
This last week was a good week. I felt like I actually reached the good point. We learned how to create ASP.NET pages and actually install them in the site with actual ASP.NET code. I know for a lot of you ASP.NET developers out there, this may not sound like a lot, but a couple of years ago, I was working for a company and I became the administrator of our department’s site on that SharePoint internet. We had a contractor who showed me the basic ropes of how to get around in SharePoint and post some of the out of the box stuff. Well, I ended up needing something new that wasn’t quite out of the box from SharePoint and it was to post an ASP.NET page with code behind it. Well, he was getting paid really good money as a contractor, but he couldn’t tell me how to do it. He didn’t know. But at this point, now I know how to do it. And I’m not even half way through the course.
There are other things we learn last week like creating basic web parts, having our own user controls in them. Like I’ve said, all in all, this was a good week.
Well, I’ll see you next week, pretty much the same place, pretty much the same time with my next video diary entry.
New ASP.Net Code Sample
There’s a new ASP.Net code sample at Setfocus. Check it out:
http://www.setfocus.com/TechnicalArticles/Articles/nocodegridview.aspx
Code Samples
Have you looked at any of the ASP.Net code samples at Setfocus lately?
Well, you should:
http://www.setfocus.com/TechnicalArticles/Categories/Code%20Samples.aspx
Burning both ends of the candle
It’s been exciting in my class, but this last week, it seems like I put in more work than normal. I’m learning a lot more, but it’s more work…..
Why can’t there be more hours in the day, whenever you need them?
I can’t believe how much I’m actually learning
About 2 1/2 years ago, I was in a job in which I learned my first bit about SharePoint. There was a woman over the ‘Intranet’ (Sharepoint), who barely new some basics about it.
However, our company saw fit to hire a contractor who was on call to help us get things implemented. He showed me some of the basics I needed to get our portion created. But then, I needed something that was apparently a little more than what came in the ‘box’, as it were. The contractor had no idea how to implement the things I needed.
Now, here I am, not even half way through the course, and I’ve learned how to do what the SharePoint ‘specialist’ could not do and had no idea on how to go about doing it.
My decision
Not a day goes by that I’m not even more convinced I did the right thing by getting into the Setfocus Sharepoint curriculum.