Apps for SharePoint

Introduction to App Development

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SharePoint Apps ?

Apps for SharePoint are self-contained pieces of functionality that extend the capabilities of a SharePoint website

• Light weight• Easy to use• Permission model• Isolated

App Vs. Web Part

App Hosting Models

Provider-hosted“Bring your own server hosting infrastructure”

Any Web Server(Online or On-premises)

Autohosted AppDeploy to SharePoint, let

SharePoint deploy to Azure for you

SharePoint(Online)

Windows Azure

SharePoint-hosted

Host your code in SharePointClient side technologies and

declarative workflows

SharePoint(Online or On-premises)

SharePoint Hosted

• No Server Side codes

• Can use Client Side Scripting

• ECMA• JQuery• JavaScript

• No Database

• Can use web Services

Provider Hosted

• Can Have Databases

• Authentication - Using security Tokens

• Can Use Server Side code

Auto Hosted

• Can Have Databases

• Can Have Server side code

• Authentication - Using security Tokens

App Shapes Can be

Full Page

Part

UI Custom Action

App Shapes Can be ..

• Full Page

• Internally SharePoint Site• Navigate to separate page• Can have inherited or custom master page

• Chrome Control• SharePoint Styles

• Part

• AKA Client App Part• Simply render page inside a iFrame

• UI Custom Action

• Action Handlers in UI

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Client-side LogicHTML / CSS / Javascript

Office JS SharePoint JS (CSOM)

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Server-side LogicAny language

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CSOM REST

On-premises

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OtherECMAScript 5

Development ToolsVisual Studio 2012, Napa or any standard Web development tool

Online

SharePoint

SQL

Workflow

Autohosted

SQL

Web Sites

Clien

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Server APIs

App Catalog

• Private

• Public (Office Store)

• Private

Office Store or App Catalog

Consumers &Corporate Users

Developer

Web Server(Internet or Intranet)

App manifest (.xml)or .app package

DocumentSharing

App Packaging and Deployment

Web Page

Chrome Control

Getting SharePoint CSS

Ref : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj220046.aspx

Demo

Thank You!