Why can’t we use regular http web api instead of WCF web service for our SharePoint RERs? Actually we can! SharePoint makes HTTP POST to any http endpoint, the only task for us is to parse body correctly and send a response back. In this tutorial I’m going to show how to set up Azure Function, which acts as http endpoint for SharePoint Remote Event Receiver,...
A few weeks ago I’ve created an issue around Webpack 2 support for SPFx build pipeline. And there are some good reasons why it’s a good idea to use webpack 2 in SPFx: - webpack 1 is deprecated - documentation for webpack 2 is better - webpack 2 schema more understandable - sometimes webpack 2 faster (it depends, but still) - all core webpack loaders supports...
Do you know what is PnP-JS-Core? I hope so. If don’t know about PnP-JS-Core, here is a quick overview: The Patterns and Practices JavaScript Core Library was created to help developers by simplifying common operations within SharePoint and the SharePoint Framework. Currently it contains a fluent API for working with the full SharePoint REST API as well as...
Vue.js becomes more and more popular and it’s time to build real life sample using Vue’s single-file components. Single-files components are the building blocks for Vue application. It’s not required to use single files components for Vue application, but they give you some advantages: - recommended style for Vue applications - modern components-based...
Sometimes you need to adjust SPFx build pipeline a bit, in order to add your own webpack loaders or modify configuration for some tasks. This can be done in different ways depending on your needs. Let’s try to take a closer look at the options available. Below is a diagram showing common config flow with extensibility points: There are two places where you.....
I’ve heard about Power BI and Power BI Desktop a lot, but have never tried these tools before. So I decided to make an analysis of some popular questions and answers forum - http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com with help of Power BI Desktop. If you are SharePoint person (developer, admin, power user, etc.) that’s a big chance that you have visited this site.....
Hi all. During digging into different sharepoint \*.debug.js files I also investigating into sp.ui.dialog.debug.js. Out of the box modal dialog framework has some number of methods for manipulating dialog window, but some methods (that might be useful) missed. For example programmatically maximize or restore dialog window. Here is a couple of extension...
Hi all! Today I’m going to show example of how to write clean and understandable code when using feature upgrade. Of course, solution which we are using is not perfect, but it rather solid, easy to use, easy to read, easy to extend. If you have any suggestions, improvements, or event better and cooler solution – you are welcome in comments :). Ok, lets...
Hi all! This is my revisited post from this one. I am going to show how we can call and test feature upgrade methods directly in visual studio. Lets start. We need visual studio and CKS Dev extensions. CKS Dev adds additional deployment steps into your sharepoint project. Among them Upgrade Solution. This command simply run Update-SPSolutioncmdlet(or may be....
Hi all! Based on this sharepoint.stackexchange question. May be in some reasons you want to disable all drag-and-drop event for your calendar list. I don’t know if it possible through C# code, but it’s possible through javascript. In or through code (don’t forget about proper disposing): And that’s it. This code disables drag and drop for events for month,.....