Develop sharepoint software without having local sharepoint installation

Is there anyway to develop sharepoint projects without having sharepoint server installed locally. I have a sharepoint server running at my work and vs2010 install开发者_StackOverflow中文版ed locally. I want to be able to test my projects on the server.

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You develop them locally but without SharePoint installed you cant test them. Microsoft Offers no free version of SharePoint Server, so you have to be able to use a licensed copy of SharePoint to test on it. I just use a Remote Desktop Connection to connect to my DEV machine that has SP installed on and Visual Studio. I then develop my app then test, and then it gets deployed to our SharePoint Farm.

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Yes, it is possible. You just need to build wsp and then deploy it on a SharePoint server. I hope, this links will help you:

Creating a SharePoint Solution Package (.wsp) in 5 steps

WSPBuilder (SharePoint WSP tool)

Installation and Deployment of a Farm Solution in SharePoint 2010