SharePoint Katas

And now for the first Kata! It’s a developer one, to kick us off. In this Kata, we’re going to look at a few different ways to do the same thing. It’s just a simple one to get us into the swing of things, and compare how the approaches differ. The goal is to create a Contact list using out of box template.

Here are the steps:

1. Create a new Contacts List using the UI. Call it “Contacts UI”.
2. Don’t put it on the quick launch
3. Add a new field called “Extra Email Address”
4. Add a new contact
5. Repeat the steps, this time with a Feature. Call the list “Contacts Feature”
6. Repeat the steps, this time via the API (write a Visual Studio Test project, or whatever your favorite testing framework is). Call the list “Contacts API”
7. Repeat the steps, this time via the Web Services. Call the list “Contacts WebService”

The goals of the Kata are to get familiar with the different approaches and APIs and to compare and contrast them. Consider the benefits and drawbacks of each one. Also, give some comments on this page.