I have written about this topic in the past but with the recent increase in SharePoint Framework adoption and with more features becoming available (e.g. MSGraphClient, AadHttpClient), I felt it would be a good time to revisit this. With SPFx solutions getting more complex day by day and with lots of components to manage, passing… READ MORE
The SharePoint Framework (SPFx) is a development framework for the modern SharePoint experience. It’s platform-agnostic, working on both PC and Mac, and is based on open source technologies such as Node.js, Gulp, Webpack, and Yeoman. With SPFx, it’s possible to add web parts to classic and modern pages with responsive and accessible controls. The performance is reliable and it’s possible… READ MORE
This post is based on the question in sp-dev-docs repo. The question is how can we render a Google Charts in SPFx web part. Actually, it’s pretty easy thing to do. As a starting point I’ll be using the code provided in the question I mentioned above: <script type=”text/javascript” src=”https://www.gstatic.com/charts/loader.js”></script> <script type=”text/javascript”> google.charts.load(“current”, {packages:[“corechart”]}); google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(drawChart); function drawChart()… READ MORE
SharePoint Framework is suddenly not an option and you feel sad because you need to go back to write plain JavaScript? You don’t have to and you really shouldn’t. Spend just a few minutes and you can do it in Typescript instead! Let me be super clear about this: you should always use SharePoint Framework… READ MORE
SharePoint Framework, what about on-premise people ? This is my two cents journey from switching my mind away from on-premise development methods to Office 365 SharePoint Developer. Back in 2015, when I saw all those tutorials about SharePoint Framework, the so-called modern way of developing new apps inside SharePoint, back in 2015, I told myself:… READ MORE
Lightning Tools has supported the European SharePoint Conference for many years as a sponsor, as well as the Founder Brett Lonsdale (Microsoft MVP) regularly speaking at the event in Vienna and Dublin. You can find them again this year on booth 52 in Copenhagen. We met up with Brett Lonsdale at Microsoft Ignite this year,… READ MORE
Overview Client Side WebParts developed using SharePoint Framework (SPFx) are the future of the modern SharePoint. Client-side WebParts are developed using modern UI standards, modern JavaScript tools, and libraries. They run inside the context of SharePoint page and are responsive in nature. Features of SPFx Client Side Web Parts Lightweight – Developed using JavaScript libraries and HTML… READ MORE
Please read through my previous article, Develop First Client-Side Web Part to get started, develop your first SPFx client-side web part, and test it on a local SharePoint workbench. In real-life scenarios, we will have to deploy these SPFx web parts to some hosting environments from where it can be served to SharePoint. Below are the most… READ MORE
Hub sites bring a set of common functions to all sites that belong the hub, but extensions are not propagated to all sites automatically. With PnP PowerShell is possible to automate the installation of Application Customizers through the sites, the script below search for all sites associated with hub and apply the custom action to… READ MORE
Basics SPFx has a built-in mechanism, which holds some configuration values for you. For example in runtime, you can read them and determine if you are running locally or not. You can verify if you are in debug mode or not. You can do some other things as well. Let’s take a closer look at… READ MORE
