1.
Yes, You Can Develop
for SharePoint!
Getting started with SharePoint Application Development
for .NET and JavaScript Developers

2.
Who I am?
Elizabeth Szabo
 Lead Developer, SharePoint Services at RMSource, inc.
 Previously worked as a Teacher, a Webmaster, an ASP.NET
developer
 Co-organizer of the TRISPUG (Triangle SharePoint) user group
 Contact me! @lizascript liza@lizascript.com

3.
Who is this session for?
 Web developers interested in creating business solution on
the SharePoint development platform
 Web developers asked to write code to extend SharePoint
capabilities (usually out of blue – why me?)
 Developers asked to integrate their system with SharePoint
 SharePoint power users frustrated with the limitations of
SharePoint and want to do something about
 … and any bored programmer looking for a new challenge

4.
Prerequisites
 Know the basic concepts of Web development
 Familiar with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and/or C#
 Have seen SharePoint somewhere

5.
Why to consider $harePoint?
 Huge demand, very affordable cloud subscription
 Negative unemployment, good pay
 So many areas, you can find your niche

6.
SP is a Business Platform
 … and more

7.
DEMO
How SharePoint 2013 looks like

8.
SP is a Development Platform
80% out of box
+
20% customization
=
Business Solutions Faster

9.
Example

10.
Coding a business application

11.
Would I rather do it in SP?

12.
Why should you consider to
develop for SharePoint?
 SP is a platform
 Extendable (but limited Out of Box experience)
 Customizable (to adjust to the business needs)
 50-60% of users unsatisfied
 Users want more features, more convenience
 Stores more and more data, can connect to different kind of
databases – data integration
 “Mashable” (OAuth)
 Sociable (Yammer)
 Mobile

13.
Why now? What has changed?

14.
Benefits of the New App Model
 Better Architecture - Applications running outside of
SharePoint
 Speeds up SharePoint
 Makes it more stable
 Easy access to data and services
 Connect through web services
 Easy end user customization – just install an app
 Easier migration
 No need to rewrite applications
 Easier development
 Communication through web service code

15.
Flexible Architecture

16.
Access to data and services
and data

17.
Just another API – or a few

18.
Flexible Life Cycle

19.
Flexible Programming Model
…

20.
User Experience
 HTML5
 CSS3
 JavaScript
 JQuery
 MVC Views
 BYO JavaScript Library/Framework
 Silverlight on Mobile

21.
Office App Store (https://store.office.com/)

22.
DEMO
SharePoint Store Applications

23.
How can get I started?
Tools
 Visual Studio 2012 + Office Development Tools or VS 2013
 Napa (browser based development tool)
 LightSwitch (rapid .NET prototyping tool, part of Visual Studio
2012 and up)
 Notepad(++) if you must

24.
For Mobile Development
 HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript
 Native apps:
 Xamarin – cross platform, C# based code
 Cordova – cross platform, HTML5/JavaScript
 Visual Studio - Windows 8.1, Windows Phone

25.
Development Environment
 Traditional server side development
 Windows Server 2008 SP1 or better
 SQL Server 2008 R2 or better
 SharePoint Foundation/Server/Enterprise
 Visual Studio 2012 or better on the SharePoint Server
 Apps for SharePoint
 Office 365 Developer site (subscribe/use MSDN subscription)
 Your developer tool of choice online, on your desktop or
laptop

26.
What did we learn?
 What SharePoint means for business
 What SharePoint means for developers
 What SharePoint applications are
 What tools you need for SharePoint development
 How can you get started

27.
Next steps - Resources
 Getting started with Office and SharePoint Development
http://dev.office.com/getting-started
 Apps for Office and SharePoint
 http://bit.ly/1EbdgVF (MSDN) http://bit.ly/1Ebehgg (MVA )
 Setup your Development Environment
http://bit.ly/1EbdKew (MSDN), http://bit.ly/1Ebebp5 (MVA)
 SP Development on Microsoft Virtual Academy: http://bit.ly/1EbeTCJ
 SP Development on Pluralsight: http://www.pluralsight.com
(Search for SharePoint 2013 app development)
 Code samples : http://bit.ly/1wVgN85 (MSDN)
 Part 2 will talk about the APIs, hosting model, security and much more

28.
Questions?

29.
We are here for you!
Triangle SharePoint User Group (TRISPUG)
Every first Tuesday 6:00 PM
Durham Microsoft Office
http://trispug.com
@TriangleSP

30.
Thank You!
Elizabeth Szabo
 Follow me on Twitter @lizascript
 Connect me on LinkedIn
https://linkedin.com/in/elizabethszabo
 Email me liza@lizascript.com
 Join me on Meetup
 TRISPUG (Triangle SharePoint User Group)
 TRINUG (Triangle .NET User Group)
 TRIPASS (Triangle SQL Server User Group)