Getting started developing for SharePoint

Question

This is in response to the answer given for the case: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/702556/sharepoint-calculated-column-replace-all-spaces

I'm having the exact issue that the original poster has and I'm fairly new at doing development with SharePoint meaning I have yet to venture into doing coding. Can someone point me to a link or tutorial that would at least get me started with the solution you recommend. I have VS2008, but I'm not sure which files need modification.

Thanks

Answer 1

You are asking a big question here and don't mention what your current development knowledge is. SharePoint isn't trivial unfortunately however here are some places to get started:

• Read the book Inside Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. (This also contains information about event receivers as mentioned in the answer you link to.)

• Where to start with SharePoint Development

• What is good for SharePoint beginner user tutorials?

• Where can I find good programming resources for SharePoint?

These links should tell you plenty about how to set up your development environment. The only thing that may be missing is that I think everyone here recommends using WSPBuilder to develop your features and solutions.