apps for the modern enterprise INTRODUCTION TO SHAREPOINT AS A DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM RON COURVILLE

apps for the modern enterprise Welcome to SharePoint Saturday Houston Please turn off all electronic devices or set them to vibrate. If you must take a phone call, please do so in the hall so as not to disturb others. Special thanks to our Diamond Sponsor, HSPUG Thank you for being a part of the 7 th Annual SharePoint Saturday for the greater Houston area!

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apps for the modern enterprise Information Speaker presentation slides should be available from the SPSHOU website within a week or so This presentation is available at The Houston SharePoint User Group will be having it’s next meeting Wednesday April 20 th. Please join us at

apps for the modern enterprise A software team that speaks your language

apps for the modern enterprise About Me LSU alumnus Working with custom SharePoint development since 2009 With Entrance Consulting since 2012

apps for the modern enterprise … !? “So, what do you do?”

apps for the modern enterprise Software platform “A major piece of software, as an operating system, an operating environment, or a database, under which various smaller application programs can be designed to run.” platform

apps for the modern enterprise What is SharePoint? (technically) An application? “Intranet to go” Core features Document / Item VersioningBasic workflows MetadataSites WikisSearch CollaborationPermissions

apps for the modern enterprise What is SharePoint? (technically) An application? A framework? Provides functionalities / solution to the particular problem area No code solutions (OOTB) SharePoint Designer workflows Content Deployment Custom code solutions APIs Code libraries Higher business value: Custom software can be delivered with… Less time to deliveryMore consistent user experience Less bugsMore bang for the buck

apps for the modern enterprise Why have custom development? Why The SharePoint application lacks specific functionality Automate or assist typical user functions within SharePoint Integrate metadata from other LOB systems into SharePoint Surface external applications on SharePoint for a better user experience Why not It’s fun / cool There’s a viable ISV on the market It’s a large project (large scale applications should not be built directly on SharePoint) SP lists < SQL tables 5000 list item query threshold More costly, could introduce additional bugs

apps for the modern enterprise SharePoint 2007 server side code Server side languages PHP, ASP.Net, Java SharePoint is built on ASP.Net

apps for the modern enterprise SharePoint 2007 server side code Application Page = custom ASP.Net page

apps for the modern enterprise Packaging and deploying custom code Solution Package Deploys to IIS application pool Dangerous Memory leaks Could crash server Difficult deployment (server restart) Not supported in Office 365

apps for the modern enterprise SharePoint 2010 server side code Solution package Farm solutions Elevated access: Timer jobs, event receivers, site definitions, custom content organizer rules, etc. Deployable by farm admin Not supported in Office 365 Sandbox solutions Simple, limited scope functions: custom web parts, ribbon button, menu items, site themes, etc. Deployable by site collection admin Deprecated in Office 365

apps for the modern enterprise SharePoint 2010 custom code web parts Server side code Or JavaScript-based Primarily using web services (SOAP) Easier to deploy Protects the server SPServices ex.com/ ex.com/

apps for the modern enterprise SharePoint 2010: SPServices + Content Editor

apps for the modern enterprise SharePoint 2013: Client code renaissance JavaScript Object Model (JSOM) Runs in the browser Language: JavaScript Client Side Object Model (CSOM) Runs on local machine Languages: C# or Visual Basic Representational State Transfer (REST) Highly standardized API Upgraded from SOAP API in 2010 Enabled SharePoint Apps…

apps for the modern enterprise Deployable from the app store On prem and O365 Delivers functionality and/or UI to the host SP site Types of add-ins SharePoint hosted add-in Lives on SharePoint Provider hosted add-in Lives on external, independent website Webpage surfaced as an iframe SharePoint 2013: Apps Add-ins

apps for the modern enterprise Why host custom code outside of SharePoint? Farm not at risk of memory leaks or unstable code Degrade performance; difficult to track, and can take down the whole farm Dedicated and isolated app resources Separation of concerns Complete control over architecture Supports any programming language or data source Support large scale applications > 5000 rows and faster read/write access Can re-use outside of SharePoint App data readily accessible by other LOB

apps for the modern enterprise Example add-in

apps for the modern enterprise Example add-in

apps for the modern enterprise Add-ins summary VersioningBasic workflows MetadataSites WikisSearch CollaborationPermissions Custom Architecture Access core SharePoint functionality Guaranteed stable environment

apps for the modern enterprise What is SharePoint? (technically) An application? A framework? A platform? “A major piece of software, as an operating system, an operating environment, or a database, under which various smaller application programs can be designed to run.” “An ecosystem of applications”

apps for the modern enterprise What’s next? Office 365 as a platform

apps for the modern enterprise What’s next?

apps for the modern enterprise What’s next?

apps for the modern enterprise How to get started? Learning resources Pluralsight MSDN Dev.Office.com Office 365 Patterns and Practices Start simple, with low impact project

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