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SharePoint 2003 Advanced Concepts : Site Definitions, Custom Templates, and Global Customizations (Microsoft Windows Server System Series)

Format: Paperback
Author: Jason Nadrowski
ReleaseDate: 08 March, 2006
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Rating:

Best Book so far on the topic...
. While there are other books that have been published in the past year on the topic of SharePoint and customizations and what not, I would have to say that this book brings all the pieces together, gives the explanations to UI developers, administrators and developers that they need.

A Serious Book on SharePoint
Other topics covered include template construction, definitions for Lists and customization of themes and alerts. Even though it is not a big book in pages, it is an excellent book in content! The core of the book focuses on creating site definitions; with many excellent examples and useful tips.

There is other information on SharePoint which address these issues, but this is the only book wherein the information is centralized and readily accessible to the reader. None compare in clarity and ease of reading, I highly recommend it.

Real examples for Advanced Developers
It was easy to follow, has in-depth examples, excellent documentation and inside tips about the sharepoint application configuration. I enjoyed reading this book and easily flew through it over a few sessions during a week. Best of all the Authors were able to not only walk the reader through the examples, but also they were careful to point out the places that a person could easily expand on their work while covering the pro's and con's of the approach. It was a good read.
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