SharePoint 2010: A First-Class Developer Platform - 19 Oct 2009

Steve Fox writes, "When I think developer platform, my baseline requirements are solid tool support, a good cadre of out-of-the-box (OOTB) features that I can leverage, and a robust set of APIs. Although Microsoft  SharePoint has historically fulfilled these baseline requirements, I think there were places that caused a bit of a stutter when issuing the words developer platform—especially if we reach as far back as SharePoint 2003 technologies."

Please go to the actual SharePointPro Connections magazine article at this link to read why Fox says, "In short, SharePoint 2010 is a first-class platform."