Much more suitably qualified people on this list that me to answer this, as
app-dev isnt my main focus, but event handlers are a pretty good place to
start with SharePoint dev IMO as they tend to be relatively simple codewise
(and therefore within my reach :-).
I use Brian Wilsonss
Just a quick note on my dealings with SP1.
Clean installs for me, it's always just gone on with no problem. If the site
has anything in it bar a default team site or another standard template..
wham, a magnitude of errors.
I'm 0 for 2 attempts to install it on a instance with any substance
The only thing I can think of that would require web app accounts to have
common group based permissions is for DCOM. Usually when a feature (like
publishing – grr) requires additional permissions to activate, I’ll
temporarily grant the web app the rights it needs and then revoke it again.
But
PREP: This is an answer you will not like.
If you have no experience developing, then copy/pasting some code is
not the right thing (for your organization) to do. If you have any C#
developers on staff run this past them. If not, either buy or
contract someone (with guaranteed support) to do