Joseph Fluckiger's Blog

Note, the SUSHI project has now moved to codeplex at http://codeplex.com/sushi I proudly announce the public release of SUSHI (SharePoint Utility with a Smart, Helpful Interface). This Smart Client Utility offers powerful tools for common SharePoint management tasks with refreshing ease-of-use. Documentation for the utility and downloads can be found here: http://wiki.catapultdemo.com The SharePoint document utility is in use at several large clients that I have worked at, and several other consultants at my company have worked at. This utility is free and the source code has also been posted for free download. The documentation site is a public wiki, so I hope to build a community around SUSHI and get lots of participation. I hope that fellow SharePoint administrators will add their own features and improve existing features so that the utility matures and increases in usefulness. -Joseph

Ever used Google code search ? I’ve found a lot of good SharePoint code. Just searching for the Sharepoint namespace “using Microsoft.SharePoint;” you get lots of good practical examples. Sometimes a line of code is worth a thousand MSDN explanations. Here is a great example of rendering a SharePoint webpart by overriding the CreateChidControls() and RenderWepPart() methods.

Here are the tips I wish I had known before this week and this is what I learned so that you won't have to go throught the same pain when learning to build Webparts in SharePoint. -Ted Pattison has the best screencasts on SharePoint that I have found. He is also very funny. I insist that you watch the "Building ASP.NET Web Parts for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0" as your first step to learning how to build a SharePoint webpart! Setup your environment as detailed below, and then walk through Ted's demo with him. IMPORTANT TIP. Make sure you DOWNLOAD the screencast (right click and save target as) so that you can pause and rewind the video as he walks through it. This video is the key to the difference between frustration and success! -Download The latest SDK for Sharepoint WSS 3.0 . Open up the help file WSS3sdk.chm, and start with the "Walkthrough: Creating a Basic SharePoint Web Part" (After you've gone through Ted Pattison's Screencast). The co...

Here is a wonderful, concise article on making your Virtual Machine run faster. http://www.hanselman.com/blog/VMPerformanceChecklistBeforeYouComplainThatYourVirtualMachineIsSlow.aspx Ever considered turning OFF your page file. This option blew my mind. That sounded to me like someone saying "have you ever tried removing your processor". But I'm going to try it..

If you’ve ever wanted to create a windows service. Don’t go to MSDN, go to this post at codeproject.com. The post was written in 2003, but nothing has changed as of today using Visual Studio 2005. It is very straightforward, and in the case of setup projects, a picture is worth a 1000 words. You'll have created your own windows service in just a few minutes. Cool. Lots of applications for services..

Even if you don't care a lick about Ruby , you should read Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby . It is by far the most facinating (and freaky) technical book I've ever read.