On SharePoint development: notes from my first days on a SharePoint project
SharePoint looks like a 5,000 page web application with needlessly complex architecture that’s been refactored into 3rd normal form, reorganized by a software architect working without the benefit of a front-end engineer, then pulled off the file system and thrown into SQL Server behind an API that presents a different “view” on the “files” depending on how you authenticate at the time.
As such, while it is getting easier with time and practice, it still runs counter to much of my 15 years experience as a web developer and seems like I have to jump through hoops of complexity that don’t add any immediate value.
Stay tuned for more as the project goes on.