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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