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Types of Features

Excerpt by Doug Ware

Most of the elements in a SharePoint installation are either defined using features or leverage features in some way. Accordingly, there are feature types that define most of the site elements with which you are already familiar.

This course excerpt was originally posted November 15, 2013 from the online courseware SharePoint 2010: Developer by Doug Ware


The Stages of Query Compilation

Excerpt by Don Kiely

Compiling a query involves three stages: parsing, algebrization, and optimization.

This course excerpt was originally posted November 13, 2013 from the online courseware SQL 2012 Developer, Part 07 of 13: Design and Deployment by Don Kiely


Site Collections

Excerpt by Doug Ware

When you access a SharePoint site with any type of client application, including the browser, you are first accessing a site collection that contains the site you ultimately want to access.

This course excerpt was originally posted October 29, 2013 from the online courseware SharePoint 2010: Developer by Doug Ware


MVC, Ajax, and jQuery

Excerpt by James Curtis

Many people see Ajax as the technology that saved the web, that made it possible to create much richer Web 2.0 applications than was ever possible using just HTML and plain old JavaScript.

This course excerpt was originally posted October 24, 2013 from the online courseware MVC 4.0, Part 05 of 11: Validation and Working with Ajax by James Curtis