Setting up the Contoso RI - p & p Developing SharePoint Applications guidance

Microsoft patterns and practices has released a new version of guidance for developing SharePoint Applications. This release delivers a guide, a reusable library, and a reference implementation. It helps architects and developers in the following areas:
Use SharePoint capabilities to make more powerful applications
Build applications that are easier to scale, maintain, and grow
Improve application quality through testing
Improve and accelerate team productivity
Understand fundamental design and implementation decision
Developing SharePoint Applications guidance integrates new guidance with the original release,
SharePoint Guidance – November 2008, into a single download.
Erwin van der Valk and
Francis Cheung walks you through the various topics of this guidance in the following videos:
Visit https://www.microsoft.com/spg for more information on the guidanace.