SharePoint Framework v1.8.0 - What's in the latest Update of SPFx?
On Thursday, March 14, 2019, Microsoft released v1.8.0 of the SharePoint Framework (SPFx). This release is packed with many features that were previously in developer preview to the Generally...
Mastering the SharePoint Framework - Sprint 14+15 Go Live Party Recording!
Earlier today I recorded an impromptu Facebook Live video for the recent release of sprints 14 & 15 of the SharePoint Framework. Usually, I let people know about...
Leverage Custom Permissions in Azure AD Applications
In my last post, Securing an Azure Function App with Azure AD - Works with SharePoint Framework! , I showed how you can secure a REST API deployed as an Azure Function App using Azure Active...
Validating Azure AD Generated OAuth Tokens
If you create an application or API that is secured with Azure AD, you are likely going to require a consumer of your application to provide an OAuth access token in order to access your...
Securing an Azure Function App with Azure AD - Works with SharePoint Framework!
I recently published a new chapter in my Mastering the SharePoint Framework on-demand course for developers that included a section that showed how to call a REST API deployed using an Azure...
Consider Avoiding Declarative Permissions with Azure AD Services in SharePoint Framework Projects
In the SharePoint Framework v1.6.0 release, Microsoft introduced a new capability to the framework. After a long time in the developer preview state, that release gave developers the ability to...
Mastering the SharePoint Framework Sprint 13 Published with over 3hrs of Microsoft Graph & Azure AD Lessons!
I’m excited to share this latest update to my course, Mastering the SharePoint Framework for developers. Today’s update, packaged as sprint 13, includes two new chapters and a few...
Enable Jest testing of SharePoint Framework Projects in One Simple Step
Over the last two weeks, I have been presenting on the topic of the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) at a pair of SharePoint conferences (the European SharePoint Conference in Copenhagen & ...
Testing SPFx Projects Efficiently with Minimal Distractions: Wallaby.js
You know what I don’t like about automated tests? Most of the time, we don’t automate them, we just instrument them. We write our tests and then open a console window to run them...
Package Manager Inconsistencies with React & tslint + Workarounds after Updating to SPFx 1.7
The latest version of the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) released a few weeks ago, v1.7.0, uncovered a few issues between how the various Node.js package managers work. These issues appear to be...