SharePoint Framework (SPFx)

Join me, February 2, 2024, in Miami for M365 Community Day Miami! I’m presenting a session on React Hooks, & answering your questions at the AMA!

Explore the process of choosing the right Microsoft 365 app. This is the decision tree I consider for SPFx web parts, SPAs, and Teams Apps.

Curious about sharing code in SharePoint Framework projects? Explore the advantages of npm packages over SPFx library components!

Learn the implications of the SharePoint Server SE 23H2 feature update for SPFx projects. A downgraded SPFx & bad guidance on customizing projects.

Learn what I found while picking apart the latest SharePoint Framework (SPFx) release, v1.18. Two big upgrades & one huge change for ACES!

Join me, OCT 30 - NOV 3 in Chicago for the 365 EduCon conference! I’m presenting a workshop & sessions on SPFx, MS Teams, React, Azure and more!

Join me, October 21, in Burlington, MA for CollabDays New England! I’m presenting a sessions on GitHub actions, & answering your questions at the AMA!

Learn why Microsoft 365 devs avoid automated testing from a survey. Learn how I approach testing for Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Framework, & M365 projects.

Discover what React Hooks are, why developers choose them over class components, and learn how to convert your SPFx projects to React Hooks in this article.

Build web apps for Microsoft 365 instead of relying on native apps. Gain flexibility and access to latest tools. Learn from real world examples in this article.

Don’t get tunnel vision: Expand beyond Microsoft Teams and SharePoint apps. Prioritize web apps for a more versatile Microsoft 365 development approach.

Learn how to handle ESLint build-time errors, modify rules, and selectively disable rules in SPFx projects AND get my recommendations in this article.

Get started learning Microsoft 365 app development on the 5 most important workloads with my free guides! Over 5 hours of content & free resources!

Learn what I found while picking apart the latest SharePoint Framework (SPFx) release, v1.17. 40% more than what Microsoft shared in the official release notes!

For the first time in 7 years, Microsoft has updated the installed version of the SharePoint Framework in an on-premises SharePoint Server deployment!

Learn about Andrew’s three (3) new courses on the SharePoint Framework - learn web parts, all about extensions, and Adaptive Card Extensions for $65-75!

February is packed with SPFx updates at Voitanos around Viva Connections & Adaptive Card Extensions! This includes a new course & chapter on SPFx ACEs!

Microsoft is retiring the MS-600 exam & Teams Developer Certification on March 31. In this article I’ll share the backstory & plans for my exam prep course.

In this article, I’ll summarize what I found while time picking apart this latest release of the SharePoint Framework (SPFx): v1.16.1.

Join me, June 12-16 in Washington DC for the 365 EduCon conference! I’m presenting a workshop & sessions on SPFx, React & Azure for developers!

In this article, learn about the new chapter I just added to my course, MS-600 Exam Prep | Building apps with Microsoft 365 Core Services.

In this article, learn about the latest November 2022 refresh to my course, MS-600 Exam Prep | Building apps with Microsoft 365 Core Services, and the recently refreshed chapters.

In this article, learn about the November 2022 updates to my course, MS-600 Exam Prep | Building apps with Microsoft 365 Core Services, and the new course subscription plan.

Dynamically populating a dropdown selector in a SharePoint Framework (SPFx) web part property pane is a common task. In this article & the associated video, learn how easy it is to implement it in your project.

Learn how to convert a default class-based React component to a functional component, and then see how to implement React Hooks in the web part!

Nearly 2 years after the initial release of the MS-600 exam Microsoft released a major update on August 4, 2022, one packed with a ton of changes!

In this video, learn how to register SPFx list form customizers with SharePoint’s API. See how you can do this our utility web part you can use in your sites!

In this 9th episode, Andrew & Julie join the great debate of React class components or React Hooks. We define what the differences are and make sure we address some listener questions submitted all while sharing our unique perspectives on the question.

Learn how to register SPFx field customizers with SharePoint’s REST API. See how you can do this our utility web part you can use in your sites!

In this post, I’ll summarize what I found while time picking apart this latest release of the SharePoint Framework (SPFx): v1.15.2.

I just updating my “Mastering the SharePoint Framework” course! Learn what’s new & updated, including lessons on list form customizers for SharePoint lists!

In this post, learn about some recent updates on my flagship course, Mastering the SharePoint Framework including a completely re-recorded chapter on web parts!

When Microsoft swapped out TSLint in favor of ESLint in SPFx v1.15, I think they went overboard with their default rules. In this episode, learn how to set up a reusable ESLint configuration & modify your SharePoint Framework projects to use your rules.

In episode 5 of CloudDev Clarity, Andrew & Julie cover linting your code - pros, cons, and when different levels of linting should be applied to projects.

Today I’m excited to share a new regular show: CloudDev Clarity. In this show, Julie Turner & Andrew Connell discuss topics for Microsoft 365 & Azure developers.

I like ESLint & having rules to either enforce coding standards and/or good practices is a good thing. I like that SPFx projects now use ESLint over the long-deprecated TSLint. But vendors telling developers how to write code, especially imposing subjective or obsolete coding styles, isn’t cool.

Earlier today, I wrapped up refreshing the student code downloads for the Fundamentals & Ultimate bundles of my Mastering the SharePoint Framework course to SPFx v1.15.0, built from scratch.

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.

It’s been a while since I checked in and shared an update on the latest with my course, Mastering the SharePoint Framework. But there’s no better time than now! Learn what’s new in this month’s refresh of the first two chapters in the Fundamentals bundle!

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 take a look at what Microsoft is rolling out to your SharePoint Online tenants with a new modern experience, a better story for acquiring, requesting, and approving apps from the app store and more. In fact, we’re getting an idea of what’s coming in the future.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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 safely use the constructor in your component.

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.

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.

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