I recently taught a couple of SharePoint 2010 courses for new SharePoint developers. Here are some links I usually email to them after the course:

(Please comment below if you think I should add something…)

SharePoint 2010 Links

• SharePoint 2010 IW Demo Virtual Machine
• SharePoint 2010 Developer kit
• SharePoint 2010 Labs
• SharePoint Edition Comparison
• Creating development environment for SharePoint 2007, similar could be applied to v2010
• SharePoint 2010 exams and literature
• SharePoint Developer Center MSDN
• SharePoint SDK
• SPWeb class
• SPSite class
• SPList class
• SPItem class
• SharePoint Overflow Q&A
• SharePoint Products and Technologies Forums
• SharePoint DEV Wiki
• End User SharePoint
• SharePoint Pod Show
• Nintex Workflow
• Interesting blogs for SharePoint DEVs: Wictor Wilen,Waldek Mastykarz, Andrew Connell, Chris O’Brien
• SharePoint projects on CodePlexu
• Customizing SharePoint Ribbon

Extensions for Visual Studio 2010

• VS 2010 PowerTools
• VS 2010 SP PowerTools
• SP Dispose Checker
• SP Dispose Checker + Visual Studio 2010 integration

PowerShell

• PowerGUI
• PowerGUI for Visual Studio

ULS Log Viewer

• ULS Viewer

Other

• Site collection keep alive tool
• CAML builder

Books:

IT PRO

• Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed
  Michael Noel, Colin Spence
• Professional SharePoint 2010 Administration
  Todd Klindt, Shane Young, Steve Caravajal
• Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrator’s Companion
  Bill English, Brian Alderman, and Mark Ferraz

DEV

• Professional SharePoint 2010 Development
  Tom Rizzo, Reza Alirezaei, Jeff Fried, and Paul Swider
• Inside Microsoft SharePoint 2010
  Ted Pattison, Andrew Connell, and Scot Hiller
• SharePoint 2010 Development with Visual Studio 2010
  Eric Carter, Boris Scholl, and Peter Jausovec
• Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 Step by Step
  Penelope Coventry