Building Your First App for SharePoint 2013
Muawiyah Shannak
SharePoint ArchitectUAE-SPUG Organizer
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Agenda• Development Environment
• The New App Model
• Building Your First App
• Choose the API
• Packaging & Publishing
On-Premise
SharePoint Development Environment
Cloud VMs
Hosting Office 365
Web Apps & Applications
Overview
SharePoint
Outlook and Exchange
SkyDriveLync
Office 365
Choose the right plan for your businessMake your decision based on Office applications, company size, IT controls, and advanced services
Office 365 Midsize Business
Office 365 Small Business Premium
Office 365Enterprise E3
Advan
ced
Serv
ices
Sta
ndard
Serv
ices
Offi
ce
Office Web Applications
Seat targets 1–10 11–250 >250
Voicemail, Legal Hold, Data Loss Prevention
Rights Management
Office Desktop Applications
Price (per user/month in US Dollars) $12.50 $15 $20
Basic Expanded Full
Pull Pull Push
Basic Expanded Full
Basic Expanded Full
Pull Pull Push
Email, File Sharing, Website, Conferencing
Click to Run Office Deployment
Active Directory® Integration
IT Level Phone Support
IT Administration Console
InfoPath Forms, Access, Excel, Visio Services
Office 365 Small Business
1-10
$6
Expanded
Basic
Basic
Office 365 – Try it!Demo
Site, People, Apps and themes
AppsPeopleSite Themes
Apps are mini applications that extend what you can do with the SharePoint 2013 Sites.
App Store and App Catalog
Manage AppsDemo
SharePoint 2013 Development Options
Farm-Trust Solutions
•Interested in SharePoint 2007•Hosted in the same process as SharePoint•Full server-side SharePoint API access•Deployed by a farm administrator.
Sandboxed solutions
•Interested in SharePoint 2010•Hosted in special SharePoint process•Limited server-side SharePoint API access•Deployed by site collection administrator
SharePoint App Model
•Interested in SharePoint 2013•Provides for highest level of app isolation•Much cleaner & simpler install & upgrade process•Deployed by site collection administrator & SharePoint User
WPS challenges
Farm-Trust Solutions
• Prone to stabilization issues
• Challenging to upgrade• Unfeasible on hosted
platform• consuming server
resources• No control on the data
access • Deploy Downtime
Sandboxed solutions
• Too strict for developers• Hard to maintain and scale• Confusing for site owners
What is an app ( The story )?
Microsoft SharePoint Product Team chat about SharePoint future
Let’s make SP custom components as mobile apps:
Wide Developers Platforms Isolated
Process Access Control Components
Familiar user experience App store
The story …
Site Contents (Apps)
The story …
List App
Library App
Custom App
SP Web (http://domain.com/sitename)
Custom App
Web Site (ASP, PHP …)(http://cloudappdomain.com)
Wide Developers Platforms Isolated
Process Access Control
Familiar user experience App store
SP Web (App Web) (http://appname.appdomain.com)
Host Web
App Web
Page
Page
SP web (Host Web)
Page
Iframe
The story … Isolated Components
End User (Business Value)
•Familiar user experience •Apps Store and Apps Catalog
Admin
•Isolation (Process and Page parts)•Multiple options for hosting•Access control
Developer
•Familiar tools and a rich set of features•Flexible Environment•Fast deploy and test
The story (advantages) …
SharePoint Developer Site
Create Developer SiteDemo
Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012/2013
Create rich, immersive apps for Office and SharePoint using the premiere tool for professional
developers.
Build App Using VS 2012Demo
Implement complete app experiences
to satisfy business scenarios
Full-Page App Parts
Create app parts that can interact
with the SharePoint experience Custom
Actions
Add new commands to the ribbon and item
menus
SharePoint Shapes
App PartsDemo
Where does the code for an app run?
SharePoint-hosted appsapp is hosted in SharePoint itself, the code is HTML and JavaScript and is hosted by SharePoint.
Cloud-hosted (Provider-hosted and auto-hosted apps)These apps run on your server or in the cloud, depending on how you choose to host your app.
Choose the right API set in SP 15
Packaging & Publishing
Development Site Collection
Developer
App Catalog Site Collection
Administrator
Teams\publish Site Collection
User
Packaging & PublishingDemo
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