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The new Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map

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The Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map is a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application that helps developers visualize the different programs, servers, services, and tools that will help them build solutions. It allows them to drill down to each product and technology and learn about new features, objects, Web services, namespaces, and schemas required to extend Microsoft Office and build custom Office Business Applications (OBAs).

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MSDN: https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb497969.aspx

Project Overview

Some time ago, we published two Office development posters as downloads and they have been quite successful. October 2006 we released a new poster:  the “Developer Map for the 2007 Microsoft Office system” and PMG distributes printed copies of the poster at different developer conferences and events.

The Developer Map for the 2007 Microsoft Office system helps developers visualize the different programs, servers, services and tools that will help them build solutions. You can drill down to each product and technology and learn about new features, objects, Web services, namespaces and schemas required to extend Office. There are more than 50 persons who worked to make this possible with the motivation of building a cool tool to evangelize Office. Based on the fact that Office 2007 is more than you think, we thought this was a great way to help developers understand the bigger picture and learn how Office products and technologies relate to each other.

We wanted to take the poster to the next level, and with the help from LUX Worldwide, we built an online version of a developer poster. We know our customers are eager to get more than a static PDF with tons of information, so we built an online version of this map that provides links to MSDN portal pages, technical articles, and key pointers to SDK and reference documentation topics.

Goals of the Map

· Help developers to better understand Office as a development platform

· Allow users to drill-down to different Office products and technologies

· Help promote key content items and portal pages on MSDN

· Show developers how to find content in the MSDN Library (Office Solutions Development node)

· Build a better sense of product specific developer communities

· Provide an interactive experience using rich media (WPF)

How it Works

Each time you drill down to a product or technology we provide links to:

1. Key namespace documentation on MSDN

2. Resources: Product portals on MSDN and Office Online + Key pointers to MSDN Library node, technical articles and Visual How-Tos.

3. Features: Most relevant developer features

4. Reference documentation: Key objects or Web services

5. Community resources: MSDN Community portal, product MVPs, and product team blog

6. Latest News:  RSS feed with latest news about a product

Comments

  • Anonymous
    May 30, 2007
    Eerder had ik al een post over Developer maps, maar nu is daar een applicatie op basis van WPH van gemaakt,...