A Codeplex-like Site for "End User SharePoint"-like Solutions?

Yesterday, I saw a tweet from Joel Ward which immediately got my attention:   Joel and I went back and forth on Twitter for a while. The gist of the conversation was: What is the best game in town for tools and tricks for end users (Obvious answer: EndUserSharePoint.com) and would a repository of the…

The Middle Tier Manifesto: An Alternative Approach to Development with Microsoft SharePoint – An Early Response

My white paper, The Middle Tier Manifesto: An Alternative Approach to Development with Microsoft SharePoint (see my prior post) has been garnering a decent amount of attention over the last few days, as I hoped it would.  I’m enjoying the discussions it is provoking, as the discussions were the whole point in the first place. I felt…

The Middle Tier Manifesto: An Alternative Approach to Development with Microsoft SharePoint

For some time now, I’ve felt the need to set down my thoughts on the power of development in the Middle Tier for SharePoint.  Today, I’m publishing the first edition of my white paper The Middle Tier Manifesto: An Alternative Approach to Development with Microsoft SharePoint.  I say ‘first edition’ because the days of spending…

Determining the Current Site URL with jQuery and SharePoint’s Web Services

I’m not sure that I’m enamored with this as a solution, but I thought that I’d post this function to see what folks think and whether there are any better ideas out there.  (I’ve looked, and I certainly can’t find any!)  I’m building this function to sit in our SharePoint jQuery library, so I can’t…