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Developing Applications for SharePoint 2010 contains guidance documentation, detailed examples, and a reusable class library. These resources are designed to help solution developers and architects make the right decisions and follow proven practices when designing and developing applications for Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010. The guidance focuses on the building blocks that every developer needs to understand to become an effective SharePoint developer or architect.The guide is provided as a Help (.chm) file and has four core areas: application foundations, execution models, data models, and client models. Eight reference implementations illustrate the core concepts covered in the guide. The reusable class library provides code to help developers build more manageable, flexible, and testable applications. Source code is provided for all reference implementations and for the reusable library. The reference implementations have automated setup scripts to configure the applications.

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SharePointGuidance2010.EXE

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SharePoint 2010 requires a 64-bit version of the OS.

• Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0
• SharePoint Foundation 2010 (to run five of the reference implementations), SharePoint Server 2010 Standard Edition (to run seven of the reference implementations), or SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Edition (to run all eight of the reference implementations)
• Microsoft Visual Studio® 2010 Professional, Premium or Ultimate

The following components are required for the client reference implementation:

• ADO.NET Data Services Update for .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 or ADO.NET Data Services Update for .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
• Microsoft Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010

The following component is required to run the unit tests included with the source code:

• Visual Studio 2010 Moles x64 - Isolation Framework for .NET

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2. Save the file on your hard drive.
3. The samples are packaged as a self-extractable zip file. Click the file to start the extraction. You will have to accept the End User Licensing Agreement to proceed.
4. After you accept the license, the files will be extracted to a location that you choose.

Each reference implementation has its own Visual Studio solution that will open all relevant projects. A readme.txt in the solution directory explains how to install the reference implementation. Most steps are automated.The SharePoint Guidance Library has its own Visual Studio solution. All source code and all unit tests are provided. You must install Microsoft Moles to run the unit tests.