Most people wait until they’ve lived in a house for a while before they truly learn what needs to be renovated or replaced. Of course, Mrs. Linker threw that intelligence out the proverbial window when The Linkers took up residence in their home, ripping out rooms and planning extensions before even unpacking the boxes. What, you ask, does this have to do with SharePoint? Before making the decision to customize, it’s important to fully understand what SharePoint can do out of the box. But if you’re at that point, The Linker’s here to impart some valuable links to help you down that road.

A good place to start: the Microsoft SharePoint Developer Team blog…

Patterns & Practices: Developing applications for SharePoint 2010…

Questions and helpful answers for SharePoint Developers…

SharePoint forms-based authentication pack 1.1…

Client Object Model how-to’s…

Not-so-random YouTube entry: Beginning SharePoint Development (from USPJ)