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09/22/09 10:21 AM EST
posted by xylic

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09/17/09 05:38 PM EST
posted by Rob

FINALLY! I'm glad some others share the same opinion as me. I share the same conclusion as many others here :

Sharepoint is great if you are going to use it OUT OF THE BOX ONLY, otherwise SHAREPOINT IS A PIECE OF GARBAGE

THE OBJECT MODEL IS THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE
The object model has countless nuances to work around even for doing simple tasks. There are 3000 poorly named variables for each object. Half of them don't work as you'd expect so you find yourself either copy/pasting previous code you've spent 3 weeks developing to add a single list or you find yourself spending 3 weeks developing code from scratch (1 week in the documentation, another 2 weeks on google trying to find another poor soul that has dealt with the same issue).

AND THE WORST PART OF ALL ....
YOU CANNOT DEVELOP SHAREPOINT APPS ON A MACHINE THAT DOES NOT HAVE SHAREPOINT INSTALLED! (unless you want to have the fun of releasing to a SP box and writing tons of confusing debug text files) Can things get any worse?

Microsoft did a great job with C# and .NET. Sharepoint object model = EPIC FAIL.