I am speaking at Microsoft Ignite – Send me your requests!

I am so excited to announce that I will be speaking at Microsoft Ignite this year on SharePoint Framework. SharePoint Framework is almost a year old since we introduced to the world and now it’s time to dive deeper into the tools, tech and best practices. In that regard, my talk at Ignite this year […]

SharePoint Framework reaches General Availability (GA)

What a journey it has been! Today we announced the General Availability (GA) of the SharePoint Framework. For the first time ever in SharePoint’s history, developers get a fully supported JavaScript client-side framework that is powerful, robust and extensible to build SharePoint client-side components, starting with web parts. A Big Thanks from the SharePoint Platform […]

SharePoint Framework reaches Release Candidate 0

Today SharePoint Framework (SPFx) reached an important milestone for the team, the framework and our partners and customers. We just released the Release Candidate 0 build! Developers, I highly encourage you all to read the release notes. Tons of information on whats changed in this build, especially on the API changes that would need your immediate attention to update existing web part […]

SharePoint and Client-side development – The common build toolchain

SharePoint at its core is a web platform. It is no surprise many developers want to or already choose to build SharePoint solutions using the JavaScript web stack. Server side development served well over a decade and is still probably the preferred model for many enterprises in the on-premises world. With the introduction of SharePoint […]

SharePoint Workbench now serving from your SharePoint Site

SharePoint Workbench is a developer design surface that enables you to quickly preview and test web parts without deploying them in SharePoint. There are basically two forms of the workbench. One that is available locally with the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) developer toolchain and another that you can use use in a SharePoint site in your […]

Working with Visual Studio Code and SharePoint Framework Projects

One of the benefits of SharePoint Framework (SPFx) is that you can use any code editor of your choice. I love the simplicity of Visual Studio (VS) Code and use it for my SPFx development. And best of all, VS Code is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. For many SharePoint developers, VS Code is a […]

See you at SharePoint Saturday Redmond 2016

SharePoint Saturday Events (SPS Events) is a FREE one-day event held in different cities around the world, featuring sessions from influential and respected SharePoint professionals. This Saturday (October 29th), SharePoint Saturday is at Redmond and I will be there to talk about SharePoint Framework and web parts! My session – Building client-side web parts – […]

Sample React web part to kick start your development

At times we all want a sample that we can go back to, look at the code and its Readme to learn how to do that one thing you want to do or you are just curious to see what’s possible. In that spirit, I have been working on such sample and its now available […]

Welcome to SharePoint Framework Preview

As promised, SharePoint Framework (SPFx) preview was released on August 17th, 2016. We have published docs and tutorials for you to start and get familiar with the client-side framework. Head straight to http://github.com/sharepoint to learn more about the SharePoint Framework. The SharePoint Framework is still in initial Developer Preview, and it’s still rough around the edges. As […]