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SharePoint Online Modern App Catalog - April 2022

SharePoint Online Modern App Catalog - April 2022

Microsoft introduced the tenant app catalog many years ago way for users to install, deploy, and acquire apps within their SharePoint Online environment. Unfortunately, it’s become quite dated and not kept up with the needs and demands of the product… until now! In this post, I’ll …

April 12, 2022

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What's in the first SharePoint Framework v1.15 beta?

What's in the first SharePoint Framework v1.15 beta?

Microsoft release the first beta of the SharePoint Framework v1.15 on March 8, 2022. In this post I’ll dig in to see what’s in it!

March 10, 2022

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SPFx Basics: four (4) lesser-known web part manifest properties

SPFx Basics: four (4) lesser-known web part manifest properties

In this SharePoint Framework (SPFx) quick tip, I want to focus on some properties in a web part’s manifest file that many people aren’t familiar with.

March 8, 2022

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Join me at TechCon365 Seattle (May 2022) for SharePoint Framework & Azure Functions

Join me at TechCon365 Seattle (May 2022) for SharePoint Framework & Azure Functions

Join me, May 9-13 in Seattle for the 365 EduCon (SPFest) conference! I’m presenting a full day workshop & sessions for Microsoft 365 & Azure pro developers!

March 8, 2022

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State of SharePoint Client-Side Dev - Winter 2022

State of SharePoint Client-Side Dev - Winter 2022

In this post, I’ll give you an update on where we are with popular frameworks and tools developers use in the client-side SharePoint development world.

March 1, 2022

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SPFx Basics: Initializing components - constructor vs. onInit()

SPFx Basics: Initializing components - constructor vs. onInit()

How do you properly initialize your component? Should you use the object’s constructor, or the onInit() method? You should always use the onInit() method if your initialization process needs anything in the SharePoint Framework API or in the current page’s context. Otherwise, you can …

February 22, 2022

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SharePoint Framework v1.14 - What's in the Latest Release

SharePoint Framework v1.14 - What's in the Latest Release

In this post, I’ll summarize what you can find, and share some additional details I found after spending some time picking apart this latest release of SPFx.

February 17, 2022

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Debut of the Voitanos Podcast + relaunch of YouTube channel

Debut of the Voitanos Podcast + relaunch of YouTube channel

While the Voitanos YouTube channel launched with the business in 2016, it hasn’t been one of our best resources. But that changes now, alongside our new podcast debuting today!

February 17, 2022

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Microsoft Learning: Create interactive meeting apps for Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Learning: Create interactive meeting apps for Microsoft Teams

Microsoft just published a self-paced module I’ve been working on the last few weeks to Microsoft Learning: learn how to create meeting apps for Microsoft Teams!

February 8, 2022

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Mea culpa - always install gulp-cli globally, not gulp

Mea culpa - always install gulp-cli globally, not gulp

This is a story about a mea culpa. You should have been installing the gulp-cli package globally (as the docs show), not gulp globally. To better understand why, keep reading.

February 1, 2022

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How to set up SPFx development environments for multiple SharePoint Server deployments

How to set up SPFx development environments for multiple SharePoint Server deployments

In this post, learn how to set up a development development environment to create SPFx projects for all SharePoint deployments.

January 25, 2022

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Definitive guide for developers: SharePoint Framework for SharePoint Server 2016

Definitive guide for developers: SharePoint Framework for SharePoint Server 2016

These days, all of Microsoft’s updates about the SPFx, or community content have one thing in common: they ignore SharePoint Server 2016. Not this post!

January 18, 2022

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    Definitive guide for developers: SharePoint Framework for SharePoint Server SE

    Definitive guide for developers: SharePoint Framework for SharePoint Server SE

    These days, all of Microsoft’s updates about the SPFx, or community content have one thing in common: they ignore SharePoint Server SE. Not this post!

    January 11, 2022

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    Definitive guide for developers: SharePoint Framework for SharePoint Server 2019

    Definitive guide for developers: SharePoint Framework for SharePoint Server 2019

    These days, all of Microsoft’s updates about the SPFx, or community content have one thing in common: they ignore SharePoint Server 2019. Not this post!

    January 11, 2022

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    Understand difference SharePoint Framework generator related packages

    Understand difference SharePoint Framework generator related packages

    Since the SharePoint Framework initial v1 release, I’ve seen questions coming up about a concept that confuses developers. This is a simple concept, one that could have been avoided with a better naming decision many years ago. In this post, I’m going to attempt to clear it up.

    January 4, 2022

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    Fix SharePoint Framework projects to enable the React DevTools profiler

    Fix SharePoint Framework projects to enable the React DevTools profiler

    A few years ago, React introduced the React Profiler to React v16.5 in the React DevTools plugin available for Chromium browsers (Chrome & CrEdge) and Firefox. Developers can use the Profiler API to collect timing information about each component that’s rendered in order to identify …

    December 28, 2021

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    What's new with the MS-600 exam for the Microsoft 365 Dev Cert | December 2021

    What's new with the MS-600 exam for the Microsoft 365 Dev Cert | December 2021

    Photo by Nathan Lemon on Unsplash In this post, I want to update you on some of the changes Microsoft has recently made related to the exam & offer guidance if you’re planning to take the exam soon. I’ll also answer a few common questions that keep coming up.

    December 21, 2021

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    Mastering SharePoint Framework - October 2021 Refresh

    Mastering SharePoint Framework - October 2021 Refresh

    In this post, learn what’s new with our flagship course: Mastering SPFx! The Starter bundle is completely refreshed, lesson notes are improved, and we added clickable resources within lesson videos!

    October 19, 2021

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    Learn 'What is the SharePoint Framework' is in our new email course!

    Learn 'What is the SharePoint Framework' is in our new email course!

    New to SPFx? Check out our newest FREE email course to quickly get up to speed, learn what you can build, where you can use it, and what a ‘day in the life’ of a SharePoint Framework developer is like!

    October 11, 2021

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    Get answers to your SharePoint Framework questions

    Get answers to your SharePoint Framework questions

    You’ve hit a roadblock on your SPFx project & have a question. What options do you have? In this post, I’ll share a few options available to you.

    August 31, 2021

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    Back to school! Time to modernize those SPFx projects!

    Back to school! Time to modernize those SPFx projects!

    In this post, I want to tell you about some of this modernization work I’ve been doing and how you can apply it to your SPFx projects!

    August 31, 2021

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    Microsoft Teams Free 9-Day Email Course

    Microsoft Teams App Development OnRamp

    Free 9-day email course - Microsoft Teams App Development OnRamp Free 9-day email course - Microsoft Teams App Development OnRamp
    Free 9-day email course - Microsoft Teams App Development OnRamp