“Know the Unknown” When Developing in SharePoint 2010

Thanks to everyone who attended Melissa’s and my presentation yesterday at Carolina Code Camp 2011. And, of course, an extra special thanks to the organizers of this great event, and to my partner in crime on this presentation, Melissa Coates. Be sure to check out her blog as well, where she is better known as “SQL Chick!”

The slide deck in its entirety is avalable on Google Docs: SP2010-KnowTheUnknown-SandersonCoates.pdf.

Here is an excerpt of the material covered in the presentation:

Overview of Session

This session is based upon things we have learned & dealt with during two BI-oriented SharePoint 2010 implementations late 2010-early 2011.

• One implementation:  SharePoint Foundation on a public facing site
• The other:  SharePoint Enterprise on an internally authenticated site

Agenda

• Figuring out Unexpected Errors
• Web Config Updates
• Using SPDiagnosticsCategory to Write to the ULS Log
• Web Part Maintenance Page
• Development Environment
• Developer Dashboard
• PowerShell for deployment
• Choosing Technologies
• Dashboards, Scorecards, Reports
• SSRS Native Mode vs. SharePoint Integrated Mode
• PowerPoint for Quick Branding
• Dealing with Limitations
• Performance Issues with Report Viewer Control 10
• Foundation Limitations
• Q&A

Log Everything with Google Analytics

Thanks to all who attended my session yesterday at the Carolina Code Camp 2011.

The presentation slide deck is available in it’s entirety on Google Docs: LogEverythingWithGoogleAnalytics.pdf

Here’s an excerpt of the Agenda covered:

• Using Asynchronous Calls
• Utilizing web.config for various deployment environments
• Tracking individual session data
• Debugging / Tracing / Verifying GA calls in real time
• Demo – using Fiddler
• Event Tacking
• Tracking arbitrary events
• Demo in Google Analtyics
• Demo with Fiddler
• Tracking External Page Links (with Jquery)
• Demo using FireBug
• Tracking Internal Links
• Demo in Google Analytics with In-Page Analytics
• Tracking Videos
• Demo using Fiddler and YouTube video
• Tracking  Session Info
• Demo of GA custom report
• Ecommerce Tracking
• Demo/code with GA, Fiddler, Google Checkout
• Demo/code for Thank You page (PayPal, custom cart)
• Adwords Tracking
• Injecting Adwords Code