"Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer's Compendium: The Best of Packt for Extending SharePoint" takes a less discussion, more value approach to helping you learn all that you can about extending SharePoint. A medley of a total of five Packt books, each chapter has its own unique style so that you can learn not only from content written in a step by step tutorial style, but also from handbook and cookbook chapters. If you are a developer who would like to enhance your knowledge of SharePoint development to create sites with great user experience, don't miss "Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer's Compendium: The Best of Packt for Extending SharePoint". You should already be comfortable with general SharePoint development practices, though prior experience with PowerShell, Visual Studio, Silverlight and Windows 7 Phone is not a necessity.
Gastón C. Hillar
Gastón C. Hillar has been working with computers since he was eight. He began programming with the legendary Texas TI-99/4A and Commodore 64 home computers in the early 80s.
He has a Bachelor degree in Computer Science from which he graduated with honors, and an MBA from which he graduated with an outstanding thesis. Now, he is an independent IT consultant and a freelance author always looking for new adventures around the world.
To date he's written more than 40 books in Spanish, and for Packt Publishing has written "C# 2008 and 2005 Threaded Programming: Beginner's Guide". He usually writes articles for Spanish magazines Mundo Linux, Solo Programadores and Resistor.
He contributes to Dr. Dobb's Go Parallel programming portal ddj.com/go-parallel/ and he is a guest blogger at Intel Software Network software.intel.com
Gastón C. Hillar is the author of "Microsoft Silverlight 4 and SharePoint 2010 Integration".
Balaji Kithiganahalli
Balaji Kithiganahalli is the CEO of Integrate, LLC that specializes in SharePoint implementations. Balaji has a Master's degree in Systems Engineering and has over 18 years of consulting experience in Microsoft technologies. Balaji has architected and implemented SharePoint solutions for many fortune 500 companies and government organizations.
Balaji Kithiganahalli is the author of "Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Development with Visual Studio 2010 Expert Cookbook"
Mike Oryszak
Mike Oryszak is a Consultant and Practice Manager with Intellinet, a Microsoft Gold-Certified Partner located in the South Eastern US. Mike works with customers to design and implement business solutions that leverage SharePoint as a platform. Mike is actively involved in the SharePoint community as the leader the Triangle SharePoint User Group in Raleigh, NC as well as a frequent speaker at SharePoint events and conferences. Mike has been recognized for his community involvement as a three time Microsoft Valuable Professional (MVP) for SharePoint Server. When not working, Mike can be found at home with his family or off hiking the many trails in the mountains of western North Carolina. Mike can be reached at nextconnect@live.com or through his blog at mikeoryszak.com.
Mike Oryszak is the author of "SharePoint 2010 Business Application Development Blueprints".
Yaroslav Pentsarskyy
Yaroslav Pentsarskyy has been involved in SharePoint solution architecture and implementation since 2003. As a Microsoft MVP since 2009 he keeps in close touch with the SharePoint product team. Yaroslav frequently presents at local and worldwide tech events as well as online; you can always find a fresh bit of SharePoint information on his blog: sharemuch.com. He is the author of two other SharePoint titles: "Top 60 custom solutions built on SharePoint 2010" and "SharePoint 2010 branding in practice".
Yaroslav Pentsarskyy is the author of "Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Windows PowerShell 2.0: Expert Cookbook".
Todd Spatafore
Todd Spatafore is a professional web developer and software architect who enjoys living life on the bleeding edge of technology. He is an expert on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ASP.NET (WebForms and MVC), C#, and Silverlight. Todd is currently the Director of Technology at Draftfcb and maintains his own blog at spatacoli.com, in which he muses about current programming topics such as Silverlight, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Hyper-V. Currently Todd is working on a few independent Windows Phone 7 apps, and speaks for MSDN conferences on web application architecture, RIA development in Silverlight, and Windows Azure.
Todd Spatafore is the author of "Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Applications on Windows Phone 7".
