SHAREPOINT AND PROJECT CONFERENCE ADRIATICS 2013

ZAGREB, NOVEMBER 27-28 2013

When Windows 8 Apps meet SharePoint

BORISLAV GRGIĆ, PERPETUUM MOBILE

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Show me some hands• How many of you are using Windows 8?

• Does anybody have Windows 8 device? (something like Surface)

• Any Windows 8 developers in the house?

Agenda

• What are Windows Store Apps?

• How do they work?

• What do they have to do with SharePoint ?

• Building an App for SharePoint - Demo

What are Windows Store Apps?

What are Windows Store Apps?

Windows Store

What makes them run?

HTML5 and Javascript ?!

WinJS• CSS styles and JavaScript Files

• Objects, Methods, Controls

Windows Runtime Components• use the language of your choice to wrap that functionality in a

Windows Runtime Component

• Easily access them from Javascript

What’s different?• Sandbox

• Out of sync • C#: async, await, IAsyncResult…• WinJS : Promises

• Lifecycle

• Storage

• Device features

Why use them for SharePoint?• Consume information• Display data• Mobility• Device features

• Everybody love touchscreen• Windows Store – make some money

How do they communicate?

• Client object model

• REST/oDATA

• Web service (.asmx)

BUILDING AN APP FOR SHAREPOINT

What will we see?

• How to build a Windows 8 App using HTML5 and Javascript

• Communicate with SharePoint from an App

• Use Device Capabilities

What do we need?• Windows 8

• Visual studio 2012

• SharePoint

questions?

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thank you.

SHAREPOINT AND PROJECT CONFERENCE ADRIATICS 2013

ZAGREB, NOVEMBER 27-28 2013