Written and performed by Simon Hudson © 2014, Simon Hudson

If you're a SharePoint dev, please raise your hand 'Cos this song is about you; I hope you understand I know that your passion… is to write code So this little song should tell you some things you should know Coding SharePoint's easy, yes easy if you know Your 1, 2, 3 & A, B, C; Sharp is how it goes. Said "coding SharePoint's easy, easy if you know" Your JSON, CSOM, XSL, Powershell and so…

All you really need is Visual studio And a couple of hundred years to learn to code…

I said to my dev team, "wouldn't it be cool If we appified all that we do?" With SharePoint on the backend, it shouldn't be too tough So I'd like it all by Wednesday, I'm sure that's time enough" "And, while you at it, the thought occurs to me With that stuff on Codeplex, all of which is free We could make a killing, replacing CRM You could knock it up this evening, I'll pay in M and M's"

All you really need is Visual studio And a couple of hundred years to learn to code…

The function of a dev, as everybody knows Is to convert pints of coffee into copious lines of code Give them boiling water and endless Nescafe And they'll reward with sweet sweet apps every single day 'cos Model View Controller is all very well As a code writing paradigm I'm sure that it's swell But Model View ViewModel seems better to me I know because I heard it at this year's SPC.

All you really need is Visual studio And a couple of hundred years to learn to code…

Now here's the bridge, it's kinda strange to use But treated as a link library it's kinda cool. Some sort of subroutine, with it's own kind of groove I can call it when I want it, to do something new

To keep you working late, there's pizza for tea No, don't thank me,[aside] this overtime is free. You can leave when it's finished, tested and compiled Fully documented, and released into the wild. So you've got your IDE, and everything is swell For favourite languages you've IDKs as well With intellisense correcting all your code There's not much I can do, so I'm going home.

All you really need is Visual studio And a couple of hundred years to learn to code…