SharePoint Framework (SPFx) courses for full-stack developers
Voitanos started in 2017 when founder Andrew Connell launched our flagship course, Mastering the SharePoint Framework that consists of 239 lessons spanning 41+ hours of instruction.
But maybe you just need to learn how to create web parts, extensions, Adaptive Card Extensions, or another SPFx related topic? We also offer smaller & more affordable self-paced on-demand video courses on specific topics, & free email courses!
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Microsoft Teams App Dev Accelerator for full-stack developers
Getting up to speed developing apps for Microsoft Teams is no simple task. The documentation, guidance, samples... it's all over the place 😣! That's why we created a multi-week accelerator program.
In just 15-25% of your week, learn along site Microsoft MVP Andrew Connell and a small group of peers through live instruction, demos, office hours, and asynchronous coaching, you'll be the irreplaceable Microsoft Teams app dev expert delivering more to your customers!
Microsoft Teams App Dev Accelerator →
Low/No-Code for Power Apps & Power Automate courses
While we're exclusively focused on creating educational articles, videos, as well as courses for web & cloud developers, we recognize the importance of low-code & no-code solutions.
That's why we've partnered with Laura Rogers & IWMentor to bring you the best Power Platform courses on Power Apps & Power Automate & courses for end users on SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, & Microsoft 365.
Power Platform low/no-code courses →
Microsoft 365 Search for IT Pros & stakeholders courses
Organizations who've adopted Microsoft 365 know that Microsoft 365 Search is a huge topic to tackle. While you can click a few buttons & call it a day, modern collaborative experiences need a focused approach to build search-based solutions.
We hear the requests for guidance on search for their Microsoft 365 deployments. That's why we've partnered with Agnes Molnar & Search Explained to bring you the best content in this area!
Microsoft 365 search courses →
Articles
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Videos (YouTube channel)
Learn about the SharePoint Framework, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Azure, & other web development topics on our YouTube channel.
Newsletter: Full Stack Dev's Microsoft 365 Playbook
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Webinars
Here you'll find future & past webinars from Voitanos. All previously recorded webinars are available for viewing on demand.
Podcast: Full Stack Dev's Microsoft 365 Playbook
The Full Stack Dev's Microsoft 365 Playbook with Andrew Connell helps you be the best Microsoft 365 & Azure full stack developer. This podcast includes exclusive podcast episodes as well as the audio from videos published in our YouTube channel and articles published on our site, delivered straight to your favorite podcasting app!
Show: CloudDev Clarity
This show is where Andrew Connell & Julie Turner discuss, debate, and even disagree on topics specific to developers who are primarily working in the Microsoft cloud space. That includes Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, but it's not limited to those areas! They'll also cover topics related to these areas, like testing tools, development tools, practices, and anything else.
It’s been a few years since I published my last SPFx wish list - this time I want to expand it to all Microsoft 365 development topics!
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
The SharePoint Server SE feature update 23H4 is out, but this time it doesn’t include any changes to SPFx.
Friday, March 29, 2024
Developers can use the SharePoint Framework or Microsoft Teams apps for a new Microsoft 365 application. Compare the pros and cons of in this article.
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Here you'll find articles & other useful resources. Enjoy!
Have you noticed since installing the Yeoman generator for SharePoint, when you add a web part to a new or existing project and specify the “No JavaScript framework” option, you get a web part who’s render() method’s indentation is all messed up like this? // omitted for …
I’ve updated our Azure Pipelines Templates for SharePoint Framework projects earlier today. This release, v1.3.0, includes a few improvements and updates. These updates are packed into two releases, v1.2 & v1.3. They are broken up so if you aren’t interested in v1.3, you can …
Like previous years, Microsoft delivered a session at the Microsoft Ignite 2019 conference that was essentially the “State of SharePoint Framework”. This session, BRK3071 - SharePoint Framework: What’s new and what’s next , started with a review of what the SharePoint …
Customers can leverage the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) in any of the modern or recent SharePoint versions. This includes SharePoint Online & SharePoint on-premises versions SharePoint Server 2016 & SharePoint Server 2019. To build a SPFx project, you use the Yeoman generator for the …
It’s long past time we as an industry stop using Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) and get more aggressive in dropping support for it.
Late last year I published a few Jest presets to simplify adding automated testing to your SharePoint Framework (SPFx) projects. These are complete with example tests including testing the rendering of components, testing async functions using promises or callbacks and even simulating user events. …
When I’m teaching React to developers, one thing that comes up often is dealing with a common error. But here’s the interesting thing: it’s not running into the error that comes up all the time, its how to deal with it that surprises them. I’ve always wanted to have something …
In just four simple steps, this post will show you how to automate the build, test & deployment to SharePoint Online of any SharePoint Framework project using Azure Pipelines. I guarantee you can have it done before your coffee is ready! Seriously… go get the pot going and come back to …
I originally intended to write this post mid-summer, but just never happened. Thankfully my wish list hasn’t changed for the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) since the spring of this year… wait, maybe that isn’t a good thing?
In this series, I showed you how to build custom elements, a native web technology supported natively by most browsers (except you Edge & IE…) and presented two options for how you can go about it. One option involves using one big project with the SharePoint Framework & Angular in it …
This has been a long time coming and many of you Angular developers who also work with the SharePoint Framework may have given up by now and switched to React, but for those of you who have been holding out, Angular is finally a viable option for SPFx development even with a few drawbacks.
Here’s a post that teaches you a technique that you can start leveraging in your SharePoint Framework (SPFx) projects right away! You know those projects where you have certain values you use in development or testing while others that you use in production? This would include things like …
Earlier this week, on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, Microsoft released v1.8.2 of the SharePoint Framework (SPFx). A little over a month ago, I wrote about the v1.8.0 release . Since then we had another minor release (v1.8.1.md) released on April 16, 2019. In this post, I’ll summarize what you can …
I’m excited to share this latest update to my course, Mastering the SharePoint Framework for developers. This update, packaged as sprint 16, includes one new chapter and a LOT of updates. When I originally planned out sprint 16, I intended to record a lot of new content. However when the 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 Available (GA) milestone. However, there are some subtle updates that developers have been asking for. In …
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 these ahead of time but travel the last few weeks has been rough. Add up issues with production targets that were externally …
In my last post, Securing an Azure Function App with Entra ID - Works with SharePoint Framework!, I showed how you can secure a REST API deployed as an Azure Function App using Microsoft Entra ID. This comes in quite handy when you want to secure some custom server-side business logic …
In this post, I’ll explain how you can validate OAuth tokens generated by Microsoft Entra ID in your custom apps.
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 Function App and secured with Entra ID from the SharePoint Framework. When I was working on this chapter, it …
Developers can declare permissions in SharePoint Framework projects, but it isn’t a good idea. In this article I explain why and suggest a better approach.
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 updates… and it’s a huge release… the biggest yet adding over 3 hours of new content! …
Setting up projects to use Jest, especially to test the rendering of your ReactJS SharePoint Framework projects & use the popular tool Enzyme for testing rendering, isn’t a trivial task, until now!
Learn what I use and how I configure my SharePoint Framework projects to continuously run my unit tests efficiently and minimize distractions so I can focus.
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 rooted in the package tslint and came about with a change in how Microsoft was using tslint under the covers …
