(Visual Studio 2005 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Version 1.0)
Tools for developing custom SharePoint applications: Visual Studio project templates for Web Parts, site definitions, and list definitions; and a stand-alone utility program, the SharePoint Solution Generator.
Brief Description
Compatible with the released versions of the 2007 Microsoft Office system, Microsoft Windows Vista, and the .NET Framework 3.0 Runtime Components. Provides developers with support for building workflow-enabled applications using Windows Workflow Foundation.
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System
Overview
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (also known as “Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Second Edition” or “VSTO 2005 SE”) is an add-on to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 that enables you to build application-level add-ins for applications in the 2007 Microsoft Office system and the Microsoft Office 2003 System.
VSTO 2005 SE includes support for Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 form template projects, previously available as a separate product known as the Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 Toolkit for Visual Studio 2005. You can now design InfoPath 2007 form solutions right in the Visual Studio 2005 environment if you have InfoPath 2007 installed on your computer.
Important: Be sure to intall InfoPath 2007 before installing Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (VSTO 2005 SE).
Optional Software Development Kits
Brief Description
The Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 software development kit (SDK) contains conceptual overviews, programming tasks, samples, and references to guide you in developing solutions based on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
Brief Description
The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Software Development Kit (SDK) contains conceptual overviews, programming tasks, code samples, references, and an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) starter kit to guide you in developing solutions based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Must-Have Third-Party Tools for SharePoint
WSPBuilder by Carsten Keutmann
Building SharePoint solution files can be a complex and time consuming chore. Yet, learning the details on how to create and package your own SharePoint solution package (.wsp) file is something every SharePoint developer should know. Thanks to
Carsten Keutmann, the time it takes for you to create a SharePoint solution package has just been drastically cut. Keutmann has created a tool called
WSPBuilder that makes packaging a .wsp file so easy - you simply cannot go without it. It will save you many, many, hours of development time.