Development Accelerators for SharePoint

SharePoint on it's own is a great tool. You can get going and improve your productivity with very little technical knowledge. SharePoint 2010 has introduced many new application features for customers, and for developers, the development process just got easier and the implementation options just increased.

However, although it is now easier for capable developers to reshape SharePoint to fit most application scenarios, custom coding brings with it the need for methods and disciplines which can be a challenge to control. Custom coding of key operational SharePoint systems requires the same skills and infrastructure as system generated from scratch in C#, C++ or Java (dev & debug environments, code controls, Regression testing,  etc.).  This is not the world of the power user or business analyst, but is the territory of professional developers.

But not everyone needs or wants an application tailored to the nth degree.  In many cases, the likely shelf life of an application does not warrant an investment in complex tailoring. In such cases, an application partially or wholly built from configurable components or using pre-build add-on technologies, can do the job just as well at a fraction of the cost.

InfoStrata Solutions can help here. We have many years experience of building applications using some of the very best-of-breed SharePoint add-on technologies.  We call them Development Accelerators because that is exactly what they do: achieve the same end-game but cut down development time from months to weeks.   For many customers we have built line of business systems in a fraction of the time normally taken using conventional programming technologies.

Development Accelerators we recommend are as follows:
	Quest Web Parts for SharePoint A great system-builders toolkit, for analysts and programmers alike. Non-programmers can be productive, rapidly building line-of-business solutions through configuration rather than coding.  Build a business proof-of-concept on SharePoint in days, and use it to refine the system design.  Those with JavaScript skills can add value by tailoring the rendered output of some of the web parts.  C# or VB programmers (who could be feeling somewhat redundant at this point) can build-out web parts with "custom actions", adding functionality without writing custom controls.  So, there are opportunities to get creative at all levels. More...
	Nintex Workflow Written exclusively for SharePoint, Nintex is the must-have tool for SharePoint power users and analysts.  Nintex provides a graphical wrapper on top of SharePoint's standard workflow functionality.  It uses the underlying SharePoint workflow code, so it is 100% compatible with SharePoint standard operation.  The Nintex graphical workflow design canvas, with its simple drag-and-drop workflow-building methodology, enables users to put sophisticated workflows together in hours and days without cutting a scrap of code.  Adding advanced user behaviour to your system couldn't be easier. More...
	Coveo Search for SharePoint In days gone by, getting to the right data in a system meant navigating through a menu system or filtering using defined meta-data.  With the volumes of data and documents now embedded in corporate systems, a search engine is essential to getting to the right data quickly.  SharePoint 2010 Server comes with a much improved Search engine for intranets and extranets.  SharePoint Foundation, on the other hand, works with Search Express, a very basic search capability.   Coveo Search is not only one of the premier search engines on the market today, but it also integrates enterprise level search capabilities with Foundation-based systems at a price-point hard to pass-by. More...

So, what's the catch?
No catch.  Some simple trade-offs: 
   Component-engineering  vs  Custom-Coded;
      Configurable building blocks  vs  crafted and seamless look-and-feel;
         Rapid development  vs  coding from scratch.
            No catch. Your choice!
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