Hi,
The company I work for, big but first time SharePoint (and Microsoft) user, will roll out SharePoint 2013. (No prior versions, so no migrations – which is already a plus me thinks 😉 )
I’m the designated SharePoint solution architect, developer (one of) etc… you name it…. ‘To Be’. It’s clear I’m a complete novice right now.
My question : How do I set up a development environment for SharePoint 2013 ?
I’m not talking hardware, nor Windows server or MS SQL servers or SharePoint itself – but the development tools.
I have an extensive experience with Java development for 15 years, so I know about continuous build, continuous integration, unit testing, dashboards, auto deploys, versioning, …………
We want the same for our SharePoint dev env
So what do I need
– Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate ?
– Team Foundation Server ?
– ……..
All help really really appreciated
ok 😉 checked the prices – 4 ultimates will not be necessary me thinks
Thanks Simon – it helps !
I was opting for VS 2012 Ultimate – question : do I need that for every developer ? (4 for the moment)
Do I still need a separate TFS server license – I think it is included in VS Ultimate (and then I would have 4 server licences) ?
thank you again
I won’t cover anything that has already been said about the SharePoint Dev tools.
However if you are serious about testing, load testing and ensuring that your SharePoint applications scale then you will need to invest in the Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate Edition as this is the only edition that supports proper load testing.
TFS 2012 is going to give you the framework to manage the lifecycle of your apps. Storing backlogs, bugs, work items. You can also use TFS 2012 to build your SharePoint Farm solutions, Deploy and perform the Continuous Integration loop. You will need to invest time and effort to get something that works well iteratively but it can be done.
Chris O’Brien has some good articles on MSDN about it:-
Hope that helps
Thanks Mark, Resharper looks like a tool worth having – it’s on the list
Dont forget Resharper. you have to buy it but its worth it.
And … fiddler + developer tools in either Chrome or IE.
