The goal of this article has been to explain the definition
of a feature, its make-up, and deployment. We deliberately did not deploy
anything more than an empty shell yet, to make it obvious where the described
actions leave off and the development and functionality of a useful feature
begin. In the next article we will cover some of the Declarative Functionality,
Programmatic Functionality and ASP.NET / .NET interoperability by way of other
deployed components.
I would like to thank Microsoft for the development of such
a wide and robust development environment, and Ted Pattison, John Holliday and The
Ted Pattison Group for the work they have done in bringing to light so much of
the SharePoint platform by way of publications and courses.