An easy intro to building your first WebPart

This is part 2 of my "how to get going with SharePoint development", and this time I'll shown how easy it is to create a brand new WebPart using VS 2008.
As long as you have a Windows server 2003, WSS or MOSS, VS2005/8 and the WSS extensions it is easy as pie.

In english:
WebPartUK2

In danish:
WebPartDevelopmentInSharepoint_dk

One of many ways to set up an environment for sharepoint development

Disclaimer: I have only been in the SharePoint business for 3 months, so now you are warned :-)

I have mostly done backend development and never worked with ASP.NET so SharePoint was a completely new beast for me.

Since I had no idea how to set up my dev environment I did some research on the net and came up with a environment that makes sense to me. Since I haven't been able to find any webcast actually descriping the optimal dev environment I have taken a shot at it.
The basic setup is a complete dev environment on a virtual image:

English version
One of many ways to do sharepoint development.ppt

Danish version
Opsaetning af udviklingsmiljoe til SharePoint.pptx