IOStream TechNotes » Microsoft http://iostreamcto.wordpress.com Musings From The CTO Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:23:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/577764dae23ad186025257eec9d30701?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png IOStream TechNotes » Microsoft http://iostreamcto.wordpress.com Microsoft CodePlex Community Kit for SharePoint http://iostreamcto.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-codeplex-community-kit-for-sharepoint/ http://iostreamcto.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-codeplex-community-kit-for-sharepoint/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:24:36 +0000 iostreamcto http://iostreamcto.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-codeplex-community-kit-for-sharepoint/ ]]>

As an avid developer of Microsoft SharePoint intranet sites for our business clients, I have been really impressed with the latest release of the Community Kit for SharePoint from Microsoft’s CodePlex open source project hosting website. The tool kit is described by the authors as follows:

“The Community Kit for SharePoint is a set of best practices, templates, Web Parts, tools, and source code that enables practically anyone to create a community website based on SharePoint technology for practically any group of people with a common interest.”

I recommend this resource for anyone needing rapid prototyping and/or client mock-ups. For anyone not familiar with Microsoft’s CodePlex open source project hosting website, remember that Microsoft has no control, review, revising, endorsing or distributing control over any projects on the website. They simply provide the web storage for developers.

UPDATE: PlentyofCode lists out the current top 25 live projects that are being hosted, and describes what they do. Information courtesy Chris Gilmer of Download Squad via this post.

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