Using Microsoft InfoPath 2010 with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Step by Step ) Author: Darvish Shadravan | Language: English | ISBN:
0735662061 | Format: EPUB
Using Microsoft InfoPath 2010 with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Step by Step ) Description
The smart way to learn how to build InfoPath forms for SharePoint—one step at a time!
Quickly teach yourself how to use Microsoft® InfoPath® 2010 to create electronic business forms for Microsoft SharePoint® 2010. With Step by Step, you set the pace—building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!
- Design and build InfoPath forms without writing code
- Add approval workflows to your InfoPath forms
- Integrate data from SharePoint and other company systems
- Create forms that offer a rich experience in the browser
- Build views and dashboards to display form information
- Create and use forms in the cloud with SharePoint Online
- Series: Step By Step (Microsoft)
- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: Microsoft Press; 1 edition (November 3, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0735662061
- ISBN-13: 978-0735662063
- Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I have followed Laura Rogers and Darvish Shadravan for a while now and have always enjoyed seeing them speak at various conferences and events. So, when a client approached me with this book wanting to know if they should buy it, I told them yes without hesitation or having even read it.
After flipping through the first few chapters I just knew that I had to buy a copy for myself as well. Laura and Darvish have written an excellent book focused around using InfoPath 2010 with SharePoint 2010, something that has been needed for some time in my opinion. I really liked the layout and the approach the authors chose for conveying the information. It is divided into 14 chapters which start with the basics and slowly ramps the reader up into more advanced topics. The explanations and pace of the book is excellent. At no time when I read the book did I feel as if they took me down a path of learning and then left me hanging while they went on to another topic.
There is a nice mixture between text and exercises within the book. While this book could be used a go to for information when needed, I would suggest going through the entire book cover to cover first. Laura and Darvish have explained everything very well. But you have to remember that the book chapters do build upon each other. So if you were to flip through the book looking for something you will most likely find it but if you don't have a background in InfoPath or SharePoint you may just miss a an important concept that they wrote in an earlier section.
As I wrote earlier this is a great book with a lot of good information on using InfoPath 2010 with SharePoint 2010.
I've used SharePoint for some time and have designed some forms with InfoPath 2003 and 2007(the earlier versions). I was looking for a book that would introduce some elements of InfoPath 2010 and also some new ideas of building applications with InfoPath 2010 - as Microsoft have only recently been extoling the virtues of SharePoint 2010 combined with InfoPath. I also wanted a light read, and as I have had some joy with previous Microsoft SharePoint books (Penelope Coventry), then I thought I'd give this one a go too; bearing in mind at the time that there were not too many reviews of the book. I bought the hard copy - but also wanted the PDF version for my I-Pad - as I am gradually cutting down on the amounts of hard copies that I purchase.
I've found Darvish Shadravan & Laura Rogers to be great at what they do. They do have a great breadth of knowledge on SharePoint 2010 as well as InfoPath. They introduce concepts of InfoPath by showing you concepts of what you would actually do with InfoPath 2010 and SharePoint Designer in real scenarios - as opposed to showing the tonnes of functions that InfoPath is capable of doing - but you probably won't use in the real world. If writers could publish books like these, then it certainly would not make life so boring when it comes to reading techie / techie manuals. Real life world applications (Flight Booking and Helpdesks) are included which would allow a user to build and customise a SharePoint application based on their own requirements.
Darvish & Laura have also focussed a lot more on using InfoPath 2010 for work flows, order processing as opposed to just using SharePoint 2010 workflows.
What I did find slightly challenging was Chapter 11 - Building an Approval Process.
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