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Blog: Latest News for the SharePoint Framework: Extensions RC!

In the most recent SharePoint Patterns & Practices - JavaScript Special Interest Group meeting, Microsoft shared some news on the SharePoint Framework. The news fell into three buckets: Recent Updates Update on SPFx Modern UI Extensions SharePoint Framework Engineering Backlog Recent Updates The big news that in the last few weeks Microsoft introduced a new, and often requested, feature for SPFx: **tenant-scoped deployment for SPFx client-side web parts and extensions. This means addins or extensions can be deployed to all sites within your tenant just a single time!

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Latest News for the SharePoint Framework: Extensions RC!

Blog: Pre-release: Fundamentals of Mastering SharePoint Framework

As the creator of ‘Mastering the SharePoint Framework’ course, I’m excited to announce the pre-release of our fundamentals bundle.

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Pre-release: Fundamentals of Mastering SharePoint Framework

Blog: Subscribe to Chris O'Brien's SharePoint wish list blog

As a SharePoint enthusiast, I highly recommend subscribing to Chris O’Brien’s blog. Get insights into his work challenges and his SharePoint wish list today.

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Subscribe to Chris O'Brien's SharePoint wish list blog

Blog: SharePoint Framework v1.1.1 - Sign of On-Prem SPFx to Come?

In the recent SharePoint Framework (SPFx) generator updates in v1.1.1, are we starting to see hints of on-prem SPFx support coming soon?

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SharePoint Framework v1.1.1 - Sign of On-Prem SPFx to Come?

Webinar: SharePoint Framework - In Wictor Wilen's Own Words

This is one installment in our series “In Own Words” by Voitanos asking experienced SharePoint developers to share their thoughts on the new development model for SharePoint - the SharePoint Framework. In this series, we ask each person a series of questions and let them share their thoughts.

Wictor Wilen

My name is Wictor Wilen. I work for Avanade out of Sweden as SharePoint MVP. I’ve been working with SharePoint for quite some time, both on the developer side and the infrastructure side.

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Webinar: SharePoint Framework - In Eric Shupps's Own Words

This is one installment in our series “In Own Words” by Voitanos asking experienced SharePoint developers to share their thoughts on the new development model for SharePoint - the SharePoint Framework. In this series, we ask each person a series of questions and let them share their thoughts.

Eric Shupps

I’m Eric Shupps, SharePoint Server MVP, President of Binary Wave.

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Webinar: SharePoint Framework - In Julie Turner's Own Words

This is one installment in our series “In Own Words” by Voitanos asking experienced SharePoint developers to share their thoughts on the new development model for SharePoint - the SharePoint Framework. In this series, we ask each person a series of questions and let them share their thoughts.

Julie Turner

Hi, my name is Julie Turner. I am a Principle Architect with Sympraxis Consulting. Part of that, I work for Blue Metal Architects as an architect.

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Webinar: SharePoint Framework - In Mark Rackley's Own Words

This is one installment in our series “In Own Words” by Voitanos asking experienced SharePoint developers to share their thoughts on the new development model for SharePoint - the SharePoint Framework. In this series, we ask each person a series of questions and let them share their thoughts.

Mark Rackley

What’s your background as a SharePoint developer?

My name is Mark Rackley and I am the Chief Strategy Officer for Pait Group, that SharePoint consulting firm out of Cincinnati, Ohio. My background as a SharePoint developer goes back to the early days in 2007, so not quite the 2003 days like the old fossils, but in 2007. From there I did a lot of web part development, the feature development that you would do in Visual Studio. Then from there I slowly moved into client-side development, actually back in SharePoint 2007 because of some limitations we had with a client doing development in SharePoint.

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Webinar: SharePoint Framework - In Wes Hackett's Own Words

This is one installment in our series “In Own Words” by Voitanos asking experienced SharePoint developers to share their thoughts on the new development model for SharePoint - the SharePoint Framework. In this series, we ask each person a series of questions and let them share their thoughts.

Wes Hackett

I’m Wes Hacket. I’m the CTO at Addin365, productivity and Office 365 product company in the UK. I’m also an Office Sever and Services MVP for the last four years.

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Blog: Modern JSLink, Custom Actions and More coming to the SharePoint Framework

Today Microsoft announced new updates coming to the SharePoint Framework ahead of their sessions at the Build Conference. In a blog post, Build integrated user experiences with new capabilities of SharePoint and OneDrive, they talked about four big additions that engineering is working on and will make it into a new developer preview of the SharePoint Framework by the end of May 2017. This week in the Microsoft Cloud Show podcast episode’s special coverage for the Build conference, CJ & AC sat down with Microsoft’s Vesa Juvonen about these new features and more. Check it out in Episode 193 | Vesa Juvonen on New SharePoint Framework Capabilities Announced at Build!

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Modern JSLink, Custom Actions and More coming to the SharePoint Framework

Blog: Early May 2017 SharePoint Framework Updates

In last week’s SharePoint Framework & JavaScript Special Interest Group meeting, Microsoft’s Vesa Juvonen shared what’s the engineering team at Microsoft is working on and more! Updated SharePoint Framework Yeoman Generator In early April, Microsoft quietly shipped two updates to the Yeoman generator for the SharePoint Framework, @microsoft/generator-sharepoint. The latest version is v1.0.2. The updates were fairly minor… I recently blogged about what you will find in the updates and how I figured out what the updates were as they aren’t well documented: SharePoint Framework Generator Updated to v1.0.2.

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Early May 2017 SharePoint Framework Updates

Blog: SharePoint Framework Generator Updated to v1.0.2

Did you know the SharePoint team at Microsoft updated the Yeoman generator, @microsoft/generator-sharepoint, twice in the last month? Yeah… I didn’t either until yesterday. The final version was released on February 23, 2017, as version 1.0.0. They then slipped two more updates in early April in quick succession as versions 1.0.1 & 1.0.2. Unfortunately, Microsoft still hasn’t published the repo for the generator or made the homepage for it in the NPMJS registry of any use… just some boilerplate copy… so it’s not easy to figure out what’s changed.

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SharePoint Framework Generator Updated to v1.0.2

Blog: Multiple Node.js Versions with Node Version Manager (NVM)

Learn how using a node version manager (NVM) is a fantastic tool for developers who rely on Node.js… including SharePoint Framework (SPFx) developers!

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Multiple Node.js Versions with Node Version Manager (NVM)

Blog: Now Available: Mastering the SharePoint Framework - Starter Bundle

Today I’m thrilled to let you know that the starter bundle of my course, Mastering the SharePoint Framework, is now available!

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Now Available: Mastering the SharePoint Framework - Starter Bundle

Blog: Followup to the "Building Client-Side Web Parts with the SharePoint Framework" Rencore Webinar

Yesterday I was lucky enough to join THE Waldek Mastycarz in a webinar hosted by Rencore, the guys behind SPCAF! Did you miss the webinar? You can watch a recording of it from their site here: Rencore Webinar: Building Client-Side Web Parts with the SharePoint Framework. We had a great turnout and collected some fantastic questions from the attendees. While we tried to answer as many of the questions during the webinar, we ran out of time because you guys had such great questions! Waldek and I collected the questions afterward and re-answered some with additional responses (as some were quick in the webinar in an effort to get through as many as possible in the allotted time) and address the ones we missed. You can see these combined responses on their associated blog post here: Webinar Recap: Building Client-Side Web Parts with the SharePoint Framework;

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Followup to the "Building Client-Side Web Parts with the SharePoint Framework" Rencore Webinar

Blog: Followup to my "Building Client-Side Web Parts with the SharePoint Framework" Rencore Webinar

This article is a follow-up to my recent webinar on “Building Client-Side Web Parts with the SharePoint Framework (SPFx)” with Rencore.

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Followup to my "Building Client-Side Web Parts with the SharePoint Framework" Rencore Webinar

Blog: Troubleshooting and Fixing the "Out of the Blue, My SharePoint Framework Projects Won't Build!"

Earlier this week I presented a session at the Atlanta SharePoint User Group on Building Client Side Web Parts with the SharePoint Framework. I had my session planned well in advance, out but wanted to build the demos while they were fresh in my head. Last week I was out of work mode with my family relaxing on a beach in Mexico for Spring Break, so I planned to do build my demos yesterday morning, on Sunday. While we were supposed to return home Saturday night, we missed our international connection and got stuck overnight, not making it home until about 12pm EDT Sunday.

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Troubleshooting and Fixing the "Out of the Blue, My SharePoint Framework Projects Won't Build!"

Blog: Generally Available: SharePoint Framework (v1.0)

Yesterday Microsoft announced that the SharePoint Framework has reached the Generally Available milestone. That means we’re at v1! The development tools have been updated to v1 and the v1 bits are rolling out to Office 365 SharePoint Online tenants now. Microsoft said it will take about a week or so for it to reach all Office 365 tenancies. You can get the details of this update from their wiki page in the main sp-dev-docs repo. So what change from RC0 to GA?

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Generally Available: SharePoint Framework (v1.0)

Blog: What the SharePoint Framework means to Users

Last week I was in New Orleans presenting at the Nintex InspireX conference on building apps using the microservice approach with containers and Docker. During that week I sat down with Jeremy Thake of Hyperfish to talk about the SharePoint Framework and what it means for end users of SharePoint. During this discussion we discussed: what is the new SharePoint Framework how the SharePoint Framework will effect the SharePoint user experience some tips on how to keep up with the SharePoint Framework You can listen to the whole discussion on the Hypefish podcast.

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What the SharePoint Framework means to Users

Blog: What's Next for the SharePoint Framework?

If you are a SharePoint developer doing any work in SharePoint Online and you have held out on taking a look at the SharePoint Framework, now is a good time to start taking a look. We are currently at the release candidate 0 (RC0) and in the coming weeks, we can expect to see the generally available (GA) release. This release will support client-side web parts as Microsoft wanted to make sure they got that capability perfected… but they won’t stop there!

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What's Next for the SharePoint Framework?

Blog: Following up to my "Introducing the SharePoint Framework Webinar" with LightningTools

This article is a follow-up to my recent webinar on “Introducing the SharePoint Framework (SPFx)” with LightningTools I delivered.

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Following up to my "Introducing the SharePoint Framework Webinar" with LightningTools

Blog: What's Next for Me: Introducing Voitanos OnDemand Courses

Reflections on a Career Journey Teaching SharePoint and Creating Training Content - Author shares their experiences and accomplishments.

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What's Next for Me: Introducing Voitanos OnDemand Courses

Blog: OfficeUIFabric.com at v1.0.0 with full release coverage

OfficeUIFabric.com, an open-source project for Office UI Fabric samples, is now at v1.0.0 with full release coverage. Pascal Berger contributed typo fixes.

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OfficeUIFabric.com at v1.0.0 with full release coverage

Blog: New Resource Site - Demos & Samples for Office UI Fabric

Discover my request for Angular directives for Office UI Fabric and the similarities I’ve observed with other design languages’ directives.

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New Resource Site - Demos & Samples for Office UI Fabric

Blog: ng-OfficeUIFabric: Angular Directives for Office UI Fabric

Advancing Office UI Fabric integration with Angular through community-driven projects, providing demos and references akin to Bootstrap’s ease of use.

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ng-OfficeUIFabric: Angular Directives for Office UI Fabric

Blog: SharePoint as Service vs Platform: A Debate between Author

My post about SharePoint not being a Platform, instead it’s a service SharePoint is a Service sparked discussion. In this post is a rebuttal to feedback.

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SharePoint as Service vs Platform: A Debate between Author

Blog: Design language needed for Office 365 and SharePoint apps

As a developer of Office 365 & SharePoint app, I stress the importance of having a design language. Learn why it is crucial for your Add-ins & web apps.

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Design language needed for Office 365 and SharePoint apps

Blog: The State of SharePoint Development: 12-Year Veterans Take

As a SharePoint developer for 12 years, I share my thoughts on the current state of SharePoint development, anticipating diverse reactions.

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The State of SharePoint Development: 12-Year Veterans Take

Blog: Office 365 is an enterprise platform as a service (ePaaS)

Everyone in tech wants to be a platform, but the appeal is not new. The idea of being a development platform has been around for a while.

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Office 365 is an enterprise platform as a service (ePaaS)

Blog: What Should you Make of Angular 1.x, 2.0 & Moving Forward

The Angular 2.0 announcement in 2014 caused concern about app rewrites. Poor communication was blamed, but a later conference cleared it up.

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What Should you Make of Angular 1.x, 2.0 & Moving Forward

Blog: Simplifying REST API Development in SharePoint with Breeze

I explore the benefits of using Breeze with SharePoint. Simplify your code when working with REST API & learn how to maximize your results.

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Simplifying REST API Development in SharePoint with Breeze

Blog: ADAL JS & CORS with Office 365 APIs (Files & SharePoint)

Microsoft introduced ADAL JS, a library supporting OAuth2 implicit flow, allowing client-side solutions to leverage Microsoft Entra ID for authentication.

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ADAL JS & CORS with Office 365 APIs (Files & SharePoint)

Blog: Demystifying the Authentication Dance for Office 365 APIs

The authentication dance can be the hardest part of working with Office 365 APIs. Check out the Pluralsight course on authentication and discovery.

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Demystifying the Authentication Dance for Office 365 APIs

Blog: Create Consistent UX for Office 365 & SharePoint Challenges

Developers face challenges in creating a consistent user experience for Office 365 and SharePoint development. Varying UX can lead to issues.

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Create Consistent UX for Office 365 & SharePoint Challenges

Blog: Securing Client-Side SharePoint Solutions for Business Logic

Client-side SharePoint solutions have benefits, like SPAs written in JavaScript. However, all business logic is technically open for anyone to see.

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Securing Client-Side SharePoint Solutions for Business Logic

Blog: SharePoint REST API Batching - Part 2 - Explore payloads

The post explains the workings of batches in OData and SharePoint, specifically focusing on the OData v3.0 specification

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SharePoint REST API Batching - Part 2 - Explore payloads

Blog: SharePoint REST API Batching - Part 1 - Batching Requests

A blog post discussing the pros and cons of using the client-side object model (CSOM) and the REST API to interact with data in SharePoint.

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SharePoint REST API Batching - Part 1 - Batching Requests

Blog: How Microsoft Can Re-Do Autohosted Apps for SharePoint 2013

Learn how Microsoft can re-implement autohosted apps for SharePoint 2013 & Office 365. My proposal for Automated App Deployment & Hosting.

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How Microsoft Can Re-Do Autohosted Apps for SharePoint 2013

Blog: How Microsoft Can Re-Do Autohosted Apps for SharePoint 2013

Learn how Microsoft can re-implement autohosted apps for SharePoint 2013 & Office 365. My proposal for Automated App Deployment & Hosting.

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How Microsoft Can Re-Do Autohosted Apps for SharePoint 2013

Blog: How to Create Integrated Workflow Apps in SharePoint Online

Learn how to create integrated workflow apps in SharePoint Online and deploy them in non-AppWeb sites without using sandboxed solutions.

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How to Create Integrated Workflow Apps in SharePoint Online

Blog: Create Entra ID Apps for Office 365 - New Reference Samples

Microsoft released Research Project Code Sample on OfficeDev Github, showcasing best practices for creating apps with Office 365 & SharePoint Online.

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Create Entra ID Apps for Office 365 - New Reference Samples

Blog: Simplify SharePoint 2013 REST API Client-Side Apps - Breeze

Learn how to simplify SharePoint 2013 REST API client-side solutions with Breeze JavaScript library through 3 blog posts.

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Simplify SharePoint 2013 REST API Client-Side Apps - Breeze

Blog: Simplify SharePoint 2013 REST API Client-Side Apps - Breeze

Learn how to simplify SharePoint 2013 REST API client-side solutions with Breeze JavaScript library through 3 blog posts.

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Simplify SharePoint 2013 REST API Client-Side Apps - Breeze

Blog: Publishing Custom Events to SharePoint 2013 Workflows

One of the capabilities Microsoft introduced for SharePoint 2013 workflows is the ability to publish a custom event into a running workflow instances.

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Publishing Custom Events to SharePoint 2013 Workflows

Blog: Fixing HTTP 400 Bad Request Errors in SharePoint REST API

I had subscribers experience HTTP 400 Bad Request errors with SharePoint 2013 REST API. I shared how to troubleshoot the issue on my Pluralsight course.

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Fixing HTTP 400 Bad Request Errors in SharePoint REST API

Blog: Fixing HTTP 400 Bad Request Errors in SharePoint REST API

I had subscribers experience HTTP 400 Bad Request errors with SharePoint 2013 REST API. I shared how to troubleshoot the issue on my Pluralsight course.

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Fixing HTTP 400 Bad Request Errors in SharePoint REST API

Blog: Resolving SharePoint 2013 workflow development issue

Let’s tackle the SharePoint 2013 workflow development issue, recommends updating tools after creating workflow pre-Service Pack 1.

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Resolving SharePoint 2013 workflow development issue

Blog: The Changing Face of SharePoint Development & Extensibility

Microsoft is promoting a new approach to SharePoint development and although some are resisting, I personally prefer this new model. Read on for more details.

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The Changing Face of SharePoint Development & Extensibility

Blog: Creating a Better Notification for Custom SharePoint Apps

Creating Custom Notifications in SharePoint using JavaScript: Show Loading Notifications & Create Own Message with HTML & Animated GIF.

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Creating a Better Notification for Custom SharePoint Apps

Blog: Microsoft to End Autohosted SharePoint App Preview Program

Microsoft is ending the preview program for autohosted SharePoint apps, which were only useful for demos, not production. The change could impact some users

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Microsoft to End Autohosted SharePoint App Preview Program