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infocyde
infocyde

Reputation: 4171

Using Visual Studio 2010 with Sharepoint 2013

Do I need to upgrade Visual Studio 2010 to Visual Studio 2012 in order to develop on SharePoint 2013?

Is the new SharePoint 2013 designer plug-in compatible with Visual Studio 2010?

Are any features locked out of SharePoint 2013 if I stick to using Visual Studio 2010? Does work with SharePoint 2013, do I lose any functionality?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 11516

Answers (6)

Iman
Iman

Reputation: 18956

although the question is about VS 2010 but i was redirected here when i was looking for VS 2012 solution and the following is description of the solution which works for me.

you can install Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 through Microsoft Web Platform Installer or use the offline installer with size of 36mb.

a new category called Office/SharePoint is created which have all the sharepoint 2010 & 2013 templates available, besides office and new SharePoint App Model

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http://zimmergren.net/technical/upgrading-your-sharepoint-2010-visual-studio-projects-and-solutions-to-sharepoint-2013

Upvotes: 2

Alex
Alex

Reputation: 4669

I would have make a statement on SigarDave post but I don't have enough reputation. Hence this answer, so please be comprehensive :)

I've tested to load samples projects from the Sharepoint 2013 SDk as SigarDave linked into my VS2010. I just wanted to outline here that some examples will not work and display an incompatibility message between the project and your VS version, mostly when the project concerning Sharepoint app's which is not handled into VS2010. And when you don't have this error, you have to download some unknown dependencies ...

So hold tight your mental health if you mind to develop Sharepoint 2013 solutions with VS2010

Upvotes: 1

miracules
miracules

Reputation: 696

Most of your SP2013-specific development will be Apps, so you'll be better off installing VS 2012. Also, the project templates for lists etc is hugely improved in VS 2012.

Upvotes: 3

Niranjan
Niranjan

Reputation: 11

I googled to use VS 2010 for SP2013 but no luck. Finally intsalled VS 2012 and follow below link:

http://yalla.itgroove.net/2012/08/sharepoint-2013-project-templates-for-visual-studio-2012/

Thanks, Nirnajan

Upvotes: 1

Mel
Mel

Reputation: 21

My understanding is that Visual Studio 2010 will work with SharePoint 2013 but you'll miss out on the new SharePoint 2013-specific templates, for example anything related to the new App Model.

Upvotes: 2

Sigar Dave
Sigar Dave

Reputation: 2654

I think it will work without upgrading VS2010

take a look at this link which states the Requirement for SP 2013

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30722

Upvotes: 1

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