SharePoint 101 G. Server side dev ~ Developing Web Parts

Web Parts are reusable UI components that can used to populate Web Part Pages to enhance the user experience of your site visitors.

Creating your first Visual Web Part

• Tips and tricks for Web Part design and provisioning
• Exercise:
  • Build and provision your first custom Web Part (through server-side classic ASP.NET WebForms template)

Reference:

• MSDN - Walkthrough: Creating a Web Part for SharePoint

Persistent Properties to Store Web Part Settings

• Store configuration values in Web Part instances to customize their behavior

References:

• Blog post about Persistent Properties

Custom Editor Parts to Enhance the Web Part Configuration UX

• Editor Parts allow you to replace or enhance the default Web Part Editor panel
  • Blog post about Custom Editor Parts
• Tool Parts are similar and allow you to add subsections to the Web Part Editor panel
  • Blog post about Custom Tool Parts

Advanced Web Part Topics

• Web Part Verbs
• Web Part Connections
• Exercise:
  • Build a Knockout.js-based UI template to render your Web Part contents