One of the demos I showed this week was the integration of the new SharePoint 2010 client object model (SP COM) and an external list. The SP COM is a way to work with lists where you create and execute batch commands against your SharePoint 2010 server. You can find more information here: http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/SharePoint2010Developer/ClientObjectModel/ .
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Reading Data from External List using the SharePoint 2010 Client Object model
In my initial post on this, I created a read-only application that used a Web service.
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SharePoint Solution using BCS: Part II
One of the big features for SharePoint 2010 (and for building OBAs) is the Business Connectivity Services (BCS). I’ve written a few posts on this, but wanted to follow up on these early posts with some additional detail on how to create a solution leveraging web services
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Sharepoint 2010 development using bcs