SharePoint 2013 Developer, Part 08 of 15: List Items and Forms

Course description

Since lists are the core data structure in SharePoint, it is essential to know how to create, read, update, and delete items using the server-side object model. Just as important as the data for lists is the UI for lists, and in this chapter you will learn the various ways of customizing the different views and data forms for lists. Lists also have a rich menu system in the SharePoint UI, and you will learn how to add your own menu items to SharePoint lists, thus giving your solutions are more natural, intuitive integration with the SharePoint UI framework.

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Prerequisites

This course assumes that students have some Web development background and some experience using Visual Studio 2012.

Meet the expert

Tim McCarthy

Tim McCarthy is a senior solutions architect with Perficient who designs and builds highly scalable, layered web, desktop, and mobile applications utilizing the latest Microsoft platforms and technologies. His expertise covers a wide range of Microsoft technologies including SharePoint/Office 365, Office Apps, Windows Phone, Windows 8, Azure, .NET Framework (ASP.NET, VSTO, Workflow, WCF, WPF), SQL Server, Active Directory, MS Exchange development, and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications. Tim holds multiple Microsoft certifications and is a former Microsoft MVP in Solutions Architecture. He is the author of several books, has developed presentations for the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN), and has written articles for SQL Server Magazine and Windows and .NET Magazine. He has been a featured speaker at conferences, user groups, and code camps worldwide. Before becoming an application developer, Tim was an officer in the United States Marine Corps.

Video Runtime

67 Minutes

Time to complete

188 Minutes

Course Outline

List Items and Forms

CRUD (20:26)

• Introduction (00:21)
• CRUD (01:33)
• Complex Field Types (02:09)
• AllowUnsafeUpdates (01:10)
• Demo: AllowUnsafeUpdates (01:30)
• Demo: Create Links List (05:18)
• Demo: Adding Item to List (04:00)
• Demo: Add Web part to the page (02:40)
• Demo: Login as User (01:27)
• Summary (00:14)

List Events (14:29)

• Introduction (00:16)
• List Events (02:12)
• List-Level Events (00:08)
• List Item-Level Events (00:57)
• Demo: List Item Event Receiver (03:21)
• Demo: Item Added (03:03)
• Demo: Cancel an Event (04:20)
• Summary (00:07)

List Forms (32:19)

• Introduction (00:23)
• List Forms (01:30)
• Options for Custom Forms (00:49)
• Custom Forms - SP Designer (01:06)
• Demo: Custom List Form (04:11)
• Demo: Import Solution (04:42)
• Demo: Deploy List (02:30)
• Fully Custom Forms (02:10)
• Demo: List form with ASP.NET (04:02)
• Demo: Deploy List form (01:35)
• Custom Actions with Lists (01:20)
• Demo: Custom Action with List (04:54)
• Demo: Deploy Custom Action (02:38)
• Summary (00:23)