ASP.NET developer wants to get into SharePoint - 2007 or 2010?

Question

I have been working with ASP.NET for about 5 years, and I'm looking for SharePoint development.

Would it be more appropriate to first step on SP 2007 or just dive right into SP 2010?

It seems that training SP 2007 will give me a better understanding of the “history” and will expand the possibilities of my work.

What do we think? Is comprehension of SP 2007 mandatory for any SP developer at this point?

thank

Thanks for the helpful and encouraging answers. It seems like a unanimous recommendation is to skip SP 2007 and go straight to SP 2010, since dev tools are much better, so I will probably do it :)

Answer 1

As I wrote in the previous answer, I think that beginners should focus on 2010. Depending on your work situation, it may limit you in the types of contract work that you may have, but the development environment has improved significantly in 2010. The only reason to start in 2007 is that you can appreciate how much easier it is to do 2010 :)

Answer 2

SharePoint 2010 is a completely new architecture and fundamentally different. For example, the SharePoint service provider is no longer there and a sandbox has been added.

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Answer 3

IMHO, SP 2010, - SP 2010 VS 2010.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

SharePoint 2010 is a much simpler way to get started, as others have said. In terms of analogy, today there is no big reason to learn COM + programming. You can work with .NET and be happy most of the time.

The following are some real good resources to help you get started with SharePoint 2010 ...

• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee518660.aspx
• http://technet.microsoft.com/hi-in/sharepoint/ff420396(en-us).aspx