when windows apps meet sharepoint
DESCRIPTION
One of the most important new features that came with the new Windows 8 OS is the introduction of a new API called Windows Runtime (WinRT). This new API allows us to create Windows apps, a new type of applications built specifically for the new Windows Modern UI. If you are a SharePoint developer you are probably wondering how you can use this new Windows app model to extend your SharePoint solutions? That is what we will investigate in this session. First we will go through the fundamentals of building a Windows app. Then we will see how we can consume the data from SharePoint and leverage its features from those apps to build a new generation of bussiness applications. Borislav GrgićTRANSCRIPT
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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SHAREPOINT AND PROJECT CONFERENCE ADRIATICS 2013
ZAGREB, NOVEMBER 27-28 2013