SharePoint 2013 Apps Introduction

SharePoint 2013 Apps Introduction

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  About Me A Sr.SharePoint Developer @Fewlines4Biju fewlines4biju@gmail.com http://www.EnjoySharePoint.com
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  Agenda  Introduction toApps  Advantages of Apps Over Solutions  App Development Tools  Hosting Options  Sample Demo  Any Question? Thank You !!!
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  Apps in SharePoint Today's trend is HTML, CSS, Cloud etc.  Billion of smartphone, tablet users and very much attracted towards Apps.  Mind set of developing a solution targeting to Mobile.  Developers wanted different choice of languages, tools.  Designed for Cloud. Lots of customers moving to cloud now.  Should be lightweight and easy to use.  Apps for SharePoint are self-contained pieces of functionality that extend the capabilities of a SharePoint website.  New mechanism to deploy code based customization to the SharePoint platform  Everything in SharePoint is now App. Want to create a list, chose the option to Add an App.
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  Apps & Solutions Solutions: Full trust solutions, Developer had too much privileges  Access to File System including 14 hive  Server Level Access required  Deploy to GAC  Server side code- Can understand what will happen in case of memory leaks  Need farm administrator permission as well as sometimes need to restart IIS  Not easy to upgrade, may affect whole farm Apps  Language options like HTML, JavaScript, PHP, or .NET etc.  A solution with no SharePoint server side code. Need server side code need host outside SharePoint server  Code will run in client browser or Outside SharePoint scope.  Install, update or Uninstall without affecting SharePoint site.  Useful in Tablets and Mobile devices  Server side code has been replaced by client side code now  No need for admin, user can find and install an app
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  App Development Tools DeploymentOption Development Option Tools for Development On-premise install Farm Solution Browser Hosted Install Sandboxed Solution SharePoint Designer Office 365 SharePoint Hosted Apps Office Developer Tools with Visual Studio 2012/2013 Provided Hosted Apps Napa for SharePoint or Office: Is free and can develop on the cloud. HTML, JavaScript & CSS. Can be opened in Visual Studio 2012 Azure-Hosted Apps PHP tools or other tools
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  Hosting Options SharePoint HostedCloud Hosted Hybrid Hosted • App resources are hosted in SP but Code runs in client browser. • HTM or JavaScript, No server-side code at all. • Provider-hosted (on- premise) and Azure Autohosted (Office 365) • Everything is in external server. • Can use any technology. • Some components are installed in SharePoint Server and some in the cloud.
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  Few Points onApps:  Always web scoped  Always contains AppManifest.xml that tells about App.  Never run server side code on SharePoint server  If you can build a web application, you can build an app for SharePoint.  Presentation logic in HTML and JavaScript that runs on the client, Business logic in .NET that runs in Windows Azure. Data that is stored in SQL Azure.  Each app is deployed to a SharePoint site known as the host web  Each app installation has its own unique URL
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  Demo  Office URL:https://portal.office.com/Home  Office 365 Developer pack: https://portal.office.com/admin/default.aspx#EAdminDefaultPage_Admin HomePageESKU_AdminDashboardPage  Developer site: https://enjoysharepoint.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/start.aspx#/SitePages/ DevHome.aspx