This enhanced tool support has been long-awaited by SharePoint developers. These tools will replace the much-derided SharePoint Designer, a descendant of MS FrontPage.

Microsoft is providing a list of things you should be doing to prepare, including getting yourself use to Visual Studio 2008 and the associated SharePoint developer tools it has.

Microsoft updated several tools for developers targeting SQL Server, SharePoint, and Office. The Business Intelligence tools support analysis, integration, and reporting for SQL Server. The Office ...

SharePoint Development Modifications (SPDevMod) SPDevMod is a set of commands for the Visual Studio Tools menu and a set of snippets for creating commonly-used SharePoint files.

Microsoft released on July 17 ""=""> which is aimed at those building application add-ins for the coming versions of Office and SharePoint. The Office 365 development tools (Napa) are designed to ...

Right now, Microsoft is focusing on the lightweight dev tools, Ammerlaan said. He also reiterated the idea that the SharePoint Framework will be complementary to the add-in development model.

Microsoft previews tools for new Office, SharePoint apps Developers who want to sell their add-in applications in the coming Office Store can check out the preview of Microsoft's newest toolset.

The company is offering Expression Web to those who had Software Assurance licensing as of April 1, 2009 -- to "make it right" for those customers, according to a Microsoft Q&A. Both dev tools -- ...

Enter the SharePoint IA No matter how you get started, an IA from scratch or a modification of something already existing, the role of the Information Architect is a challenging one. And that ...

SharePoint Framework Plans Microsoft plans to update the SharePoint Framework at a rapid pace. The preview today has Web Parts support, but Microsoft's plans include "delivering modern page editing ...