https://matt-thornton.net/tags/tutorial/ Recent content in Tutorial on Matt Thornton Hugo -- gohugo.io en Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:01:38 +0000 https://matt-thornton.net/tech/sharepoint/sharepoint-2010-visual-webpart-tutorial/ Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:01:38 +0000 https://matt-thornton.net/tech/sharepoint/sharepoint-2010-visual-webpart-tutorial/ <p>One of the scourges of software development, and it seems especially SharePoint development, is that more often than not, when faced with a new task, Google is your first stop, looking for tutorials or guides. Frequently, however, people posting the tutorials (MSDN/Microsoft included) are guilty of putting up guides and source code that is incorrect, or missing some vital info. I experienced this very issue recently when I needed to create a <a href="http://blog.concurrency.com/sharepoint/create-a-custom-web-part-for-sharepoint-2010/">visual webpart</a>.</p> <p>The tutorial is good enough, but the actual source code posted, doesn&rsquo;t work. What&rsquo;s most infuriating, though, is when the author then goes radio silence, and the comments fill up with bemused readers, all looking to achieve the same goal - but unable to do so.</p>