Should I learn SharePoint 2010 or SharePoint 2007?

Question

In other words : currently it's easier to get job with SharePoint 2007, but when I learn 2010 will I be able to use older version from only 2010 knowledge ? I don't know any SharePoint yet.

And what should I know before I start with SharePoint? Is C# and ASP.NET (MVC) enough ?

Answer 1

Hi Xorty

I would recommend anyone starting with SharePoint now to start with SharePoint 2010 Foundation.

The reason being that getting up to speed with SharePoint 2010 is a lot easier that SharePoint 2007 due to the tool support in Visual Studio 2010.

But before going into development mode you should learn what's possible with SharePoint out of the box, and using SharePoint Designer

When you've learned SP2010 with the help of the tools, then you should:

• look at what the tools gives you and learn how to manage these xml files yourself (maybe using WSPbuilder)
• learn what isn't available in WSS 3.0
• learn what is extra in MOSS 2007 and SPS 2010

Knowing .Net, C# and ASP.NET is the main things to give you a good platform for learning SharePoint other things which is useful, but can be learned along the way are:

• XML/XSLT
• PowerShell
• SQL Server
• SilverLight
• JavaScript/Ajax/JQuery
• Windows Workflow
• InfoPath
• ...