Pluralsight: Developing SharePoint-hosted Apps (Add-ins)

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Developing SharePoint-hosted Apps

This demo-heavy course covers everything you need to know to get started building SharePoint-Hosted Apps that work with SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016 or SharePoint Online. We start with a general overview of SharePoint Apps. This is followed by a look at the SharePoint-hosted App tooling in Visual Studio and Napa. Additional topics include: provisioning resources to SharePoint, user interface options for SharePoint-hosted Apps, and how to deploy your apps to your organizations App Catalog.

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Course Contents:

  1. Introduction and Architecture
    • Introduction
    • SharePoint App Model
    • Types of SharePoint Apps
    • Apps vs Add-Ins
    • Prerequisites
    • Environment
    • Configuring SharePoint to Support Apps
    • Host Web and App Web
    • App URLs, Identity and Isolation (see above for sample video)
    • User and App Permissions
    • App Web Limitations
    • Important External Resources
    • Agenda
  2. Understanding the Visual Studio Tooling and API Options
    • Introduction
    • Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio
    • Visual Studio Project Template
    • Accessing App Web Resources using the REST API
    • Accessing App Web Resources using CSOM
    • Query String Parameters
    • Accessing Host Web Resources using the REST API
    • Accessing Host Web Resources using CSOM
    • App Permission Requests
    • Accessing App Web Resources from the Host Web
    • Summary
  3. Building SharePoint-hosted Apps using Napa
    • Introduction
    • Building SharePoint-hosted Apps using Napa
    • Exporting Napa Projects to Visual Studio
    • Summary
  4. Provisioning Resources to the App Web
    • Introduction
    • Provisioning with CAML
    • Provisioning with JavaScript
    • Provisioning with JavaScript – Is Provisioning Required?
    • Provisioning with JavaScript – Checking User Permissions
    • Provisioning with JavaScript – Creating a List
    • Provisioning with JavaScript – Adding Fields to the List
    • Provisioning with JavaScript – Populating the List
    • Provisioning with JavaScript – Completing the Process
    • Summary
  5. Provisioning Resources to the Host Web
    • Introduction
    • Remote Provisioning
    • Provisioner – Review the Process
    • Provisioner – Updating app.js
    • Provisioner – Targeting to the Host Web
    • Provisioner – Updating provisioner.js
    • Provisioning Files
    • Examining the Web Part Files
    • Provisioning the Web Part Files
    • Improving the Web Part
    • Deleting the Web Part Files
    • App Web vs Host Web
  6. Building Full Page Apps
    • Introduction
    • Browsing Products – The Knockout App Starting Point
    • Office UI Fabric (see above for sample video)
    • Adding the Edit Page
    • Page Navigation and the Standard Tokens
    • Implementing the Edit Page
    • Using Web Parts and Server Controls
    • Summary
  7. This modules demonstrates how to build and Client Web Parts (App Parts)
    • Introduction
    • Hello World Part 1
    • Hello World Part 2 (see above for sample video)
    • Building the User Interface
    • Calling the Web Service
    • Resizing the Web Part
    • Client Web Part Settings
    • Summary
  8. Building Custom Actions
    • Introduction
    • Review the Project Starting Point
    • Implementing the Menu Item Custom Action
    • Implementing the Ribbon Custom Action
    • Changing the Images Used in the Ribbon Custom Action
    • Opening the Target Page in a Dialog
    • Summary
  9. Options for App Deployment
    • Introduction
    • The App Manifest
    • The App Package
    • The App Catalog
    • Deploying Apps to the App Catalog
    • Sideloading Apps
    • Tenant-scoped Deployment
    • Installing Apps from the End-user Perspective
    • Summary