I am reposting my original post with new links and (+ some borrowed from Wictor Wilen class links).

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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 Overview Links

• SharePoint Edition Comparison
• SharePoint Service Applications Overview and Planning

• What service accounts do you need to install SharePoint 2010?
• Rational Guide to implementing SharePoint Server 2010 User Profile Synchronization
• SharePoint Server 2010 capacity management: Software boundaries and limits

SharePoint 2010 DEV Links

• SharePoint 2010 IW Demo Virtual Machine
• SharePoint 2010 Developer kit
• SharePoint 2010 Labs
• Creating development environment for SharePoint 2007, similar could be applied to v2010
• SharePoint 2010 exams and literature
• SharePoint Developer Center MSDN
• SharePoint SDK
• SPSite class, SPWeb 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 CodePlex
• Customizing SharePoint Ribbon
• P&P: Developing Applications for SharePoint 2010
• SPServices

Extensions for Visual Studio 2010

• VS 2010 PowerTools
• VS 2010 SP PowerTools
• SP Dispose Checker
• SP Dispose Checker + Visual Studio 2010 integration
• Community Kit for SharePoint: Development Tools Edition

PowerShell

• PowerGUI
• PowerGUI for Visual Studio
• AutoSPInstaller

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