SharePoint Development

The SharePoint Framework is a web model that provides complete support for client side SharePoint Development. It provides support for open source tooling development. It can be easily integrated with SharePoint data and can be used by the client in their preferred development environment to build responsive apps and other website features.

Whether one is a new developer or seasoned developer, every developer ca gain something from SharePoint framework. The current version of the framework is focused on extending user interface and allowing developers to build websites in a safe and structured way by using, initially, client-side web parts. These web parts can work with data in SharePoint, in Office 365 via the Microsoft Graph. The current SharePoint framework basically uses a new paradigm to design, build and deploy SharePoint customization. SharePoint framework is adorned with various features that make it preferable choice of web developers. Some of its key features are as follows:

· All its controls are rendered in the normal page DOM and they are responsive and accessible, so developer can access life cycle apart from loading, serializing and de-serializing, configuration changes, and more.

· With SharePoint Development Framework, one can use any JavaScript of their choice such as React, Handlebars, Knockout, Angular, and more.

· There are no iFrames for the customization and it runs in context of the current user to speed up the performance.

· The web parts can be enabled on classic as well as modern SharePoint page.

· Tool Chain is dependent on open source development tools such as Type Script, npm, web pack, gulp and Yeoman.

SharePoint has been used as an Application Development and/or development platform for a long time. It provides a wide range of customization options varying from full trust code executing on the SharePoint servers to sand boxed solutions, to interface customization and more.

If you are developing SharePoint Framework client-side web parts, there is need to have internet access to get access to npm packages. If internet access is not available for development, one can set up a local on-premises registry for the required npm packages. By making effective use of client-side technologies, embracing open source and being more transparent, developers can develop more out of the box solutions including Custom Software Development and Application Development for their clients.

With client side SharePoint Development, developers as well as users reap many benefits. It helps in providing more dynamic and responsive experience to the end users. With open source frameworks and technologies, even those developers who have previously not worked within Microsoft ecosystem, they can easily get up to speed on building SharePoint extensions. By using easy to access and use technologies and frameworks, SharePoint has now emerged as preferable choice of the developer audiences. Hence, SharePoint Framework is a great choice for developers as well as end users.