Best of SharePoint 2010 VSIX
The more I learn about Visual Studio 2010 the more I like it. For SharePoint developers, it is great to finally have a mature toolset. To make that experience even better the community has created several VSIX extensions as a “quick start” to more easily jump into various project types. Below I outline links to the VSIX extensions I am aware of and run locally. If you have any questions or suggestions please leave a comment. Cheers!


CKS:DEV – Community Kit for SharePoint: Development Tools
SharePoint Foundation 2010 version and SharePoint Server 2010 version
WSPBuilder conversion tool (WCT) beta Improved Quick Deploy Keyboard shortcuts Updated Full Trust Proxy SPI Restart processes menus Attach to processes menus Solution level Package all Improved import Content Types | Branding SPI Improved Fluent visual web part SPI Basic service application SPI WCF service SPI SharePoint PowerShell cmdlet SPI SharePoint PowerShell pipe binding SPI Improved copy assembly name menu |
SharePoint 2010 Extensibility Projects
- Silverlight and SharePoint project template
- SharePoint Ribbon project template
- OBA Deployment project template
Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Power Tools
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/8e602a8c-6714-4549-9e95-f3700344b0d9
- Sandboxed-compatible Visual Web Part
- Sandboxed Compilation
Silverlight SharePoint Web Parts
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/e8360a85-58ca-42d1-8de0-e48a1ab071c7
- Silverlight Web Part
- Silverlight Custom Web Part
SharePoint 2010 Timer Job
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/ab2b2d63-de37-4f63-b4b0-442f80b59b00
SharePoint 2010 Console Application
http://blah.winsmarts.com/2011-2-SharePoint_2010_Console_App,_Project_Template.aspx
LINQ to SharePoint DSL Extension for Visual Studio 2010