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How to: Build Client Web Parts in SharePoint 2013 with Office Developer Tools RTM

This is the third time (and hopefully final) I am writing this post about building Client Web Parts (App Parts) for SharePoint 2013 with Visual Studio 2012. This is largely due to the Office Developer Tools going through a few iterations ( Preview...

Published Tue, Apr 04 2013 3:37 PM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, WebPart, Visual Studio 11, SharePoint 2013, Apps

How to: Query SharePoint 2013 using REST and JavaScript

I have a session coming up at SharePoint Summit Toronto this year about the many different ways you can query search. Whenever I am working on a new talk, it is customary for me to write blog posts about my examples so here it is. :) I first...

Published Tue, Apr 04 2013 2:15 PM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, Office 365, Enterprise Search, Office 365 Grid, Visual Studio 11, SharePoint 2013, Apps

Importing Search Configurations with SharePoint Apps

The Office Developer Tools team snuck a new feature into the RTM version of the tools for Visual Studio 2012. This new feature allows you to deploy apps and actually alter the search schema on the host web . That’s right. You can deploy...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2013 11:21 AM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, SharePoint Online, Office 365, Enterprise Search, Office 365 Grid, Visual Studio 11, SharePoint 2013, Apps

Speaking in Austin

The great thing about living in Texas is that there is three SharePoint users groups less than three hours away from me. I’m excited to have the opportunity to be speaking in Austin twice in the next couple weeks. The first talk is tomorrow...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2013 11:35 AM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: Presentations, SharePoint Saturday, SharePoint 2010, Visual Studio 11, SharePoint 2013, Apps

Workaround for freezes in Client Web Part Editor in Visual Studio 2012

If you have tried to do any work with SharePoint 2013 Client Web Parts with the Office Developer Tools Preview 2 in Visual Studio 2012, you know it’s an exercise in frustration. It literally locks up every three or four lines of code you try to...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2013 9:55 AM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, Office 365, Office 365 Grid, Visual Studio 11, SharePoint 2013, Apps

How to: Pass parameters to a Client Web Part

This is one of those posts that I have promised to write but I totally forgot about. What I want to talk about today is passing parameters to SharePoint 2013 Client Web Parts. These parameters are equivalent to the properties on traditional...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2013 10:00 AM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, Visual Studio 11, SharePoint 2013, Apps

How to: Build Client Web Parts in SharePoint 2013 with Office Developer Tools Preview 2

During SPC12, Preview 2 of the Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 came out. You can get it using the Web Platform Installer. This made a few improvements in how we build Client Web Parts (App Parts). Earlier this...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2013 8:05 PM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, Visual Studio 11, SharePoint 2013, Apps

Creating SharePoint Ribbon Custom Actions with Visual Studio 2012

Let’s face it. In SharePoint 2010, creating ribbon custom actions was not a very pleasant experience. You had to know the inner workings of the XML and the black-magic behind selecting the right Id in the CommandUIDefinition . We had...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2012 11:18 AM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, Visual Studio 11, SharePoint 2013, Apps

How to: Query List Items from the Host Web in a Client Web Part of a SharePoint Hosted app

That’s a mouthful, but I wanted to make sure that people knew exactly what this post is for. The problem I am seeing out there already is that while there is a lot of code samples, they aren’t clear for what type of app the sample is for. ...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2012 8:30 AM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, CAML, Visual Studio 11, SharePoint 2013, Apps, Client Object Model

How to: Use the SharePoint 2013 Client Object Model (SP.js) from a Client Web Part

I was talking to Tom Resing ( @resing ) last week about using the SharePoint Client Object Model inside a Client Web Part and it became apparent that I left you all hanging with my last post . I got you to the point where you could build your web...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2012 1:13 PM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: WebPart, Visual Studio 11, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2013 Preview, Apps

How to: Use the SharePoint 2013 REST API from a Windows Store App (Windows 8 Metro)

I’ve recently taken an interest to building Windows Store Apps (aka Windows 8 Metro). Not because I think I can get rich in the Windows Store but because I think it provides a unique way to present SharePoint data. If you’re like me, you probably...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2012 9:52 AM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, Visual Studio 11, Windows 8, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2013 Preview, REST, SPC12, Windows Store App

New level of trust in SharePoint 2013 Preview

When it comes to development, the introduction of the application model overshadows many of the other new things happening in SharePoint 2013 development. I noticed one particular change as I was working on a new slide deck regarding the change...

Published Sun, Aug 08 2012 9:37 PM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: Visual Studio 11, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2013 Preview, Code Access Security

How to: Build a SharePoint-hosted Client Web Part in SharePoint 2013

I am extremely interested in the new SharePoint 2013 App model so I have been doing a lot with them lately. The latest thing I was trying was building a SharePoint-hosted Client Web Part. I have found that there is not a lot of information...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2012 8:33 PM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: Office 365, Office 365 Grid, Visual Studio 11, SharePoint 2013, Office 365 Preview, SharePoint 2013 Preview, Apps

Slides and Video from my Lync and Learn Session on SharePoint Online Development

Thanks to everyone who attended my Office 365 Lync and Learn session last week. I enjoyed the opportunity to show everyone how they can use Visual Studio 2012 RC to get started with SharePoint Online development. I’ve attached a link to my...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2012 3:36 PM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, Office 365, Office 365 Grid, Visual Studio 11

Everything you need to know about SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 11

I’ve been writing a series of posts about SharePoint development using Visual Studio 11 Beta for a while. Since I have written quite a few posts now, I thought it would be useful to compile all of them here in a list if you want to review what’s...

Published Wed, May 05 2012 9:56 AM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, Visual Studio 11

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How to: Build Client Web Parts in SharePoint 2013 with Office Developer Tools RTM

How to: Query SharePoint 2013 using REST and JavaScript

Importing Search Configurations with SharePoint Apps

Speaking in Austin

Workaround for freezes in Client Web Part Editor in Visual Studio 2012

How to: Pass parameters to a Client Web Part

How to: Build Client Web Parts in SharePoint 2013 with Office Developer Tools Preview 2

Creating SharePoint Ribbon Custom Actions with Visual Studio 2012

How to: Query List Items from the Host Web in a Client Web Part of a SharePoint Hosted app

How to: Use the SharePoint 2013 Client Object Model (SP.js) from a Client Web Part

How to: Use the SharePoint 2013 REST API from a Windows Store App (Windows 8 Metro)

New level of trust in SharePoint 2013 Preview

How to: Build a SharePoint-hosted Client Web Part in SharePoint 2013

Slides and Video from my Lync and Learn Session on SharePoint Online Development

Everything you need to know about SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 11