Beginning SharePoint 2013 Development Book

INTRODUCTION xxiii

PART I: GETTING STARTED WITH SHAREPOINT 2013

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO SHAREPOINT 2013 3

Getting to Know SharePoint 4

Defining SharePoint by Function 5

Defining SharePoint by User 5

Introducing the User Interface 6

Introducing the Structure 8

Addressing the Needs of the Developer 9

Extending SharePoint 2013 10

Breaking It Down for Developers 12

SharePoint 2013: The Platform 15

SharePoint Installation Types 16

SharePoint 2013 Capabilities 18

Site Collections and Sites 20

SharePoint 2013 APIs 24

SharePoint Central Administration 26

Application Management 27

Monitoring 28

Security 28

General Application Settings 28

System Settings 28

Backup and Restore 29

Upgrade and Migration 29

Configuration Wizard 29

Apps 29

Summary 29

Recommended Reading 31

CHAPTER 2: OVERVIEW OF THE SHAREPOINT 2013 APP MODEL 33

SharePoint 2013 App Model 33

Apps for Office 34

Apps for SharePoint 35

Moving to the Cloud 37

Understanding the Three Apps for SharePoint Deployment Models 38

SharePoint-Hosted 38

Autohosted 44

Provider-Hosted 49

Summary 52

Recommended Reading 53

CHAPTER 3: DEVELOPER TOOLING FOR SHAREPOINT 2013 55

SharePoint Development Across Developer Segments 56

Web-Based Development in SharePoint 57

Site Settings 58

Developing SharePoint Applications Using SharePoint Designer 65

Developing SharePoint Applications Using Napa 69

Developing SharePoint Applications Using Visual Studio 2012 74

Other Tools for SharePoint Development 82

Developing with Expression Blend 83

Debugging Using Fiddler 85

Summary 85

Recommended Reading 87

CHAPTER 4: UNDERSTANDING YOUR DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS 89

Application and Solution Types 90

Common Developer Tasks 93

Creating Web Parts 93

Creating SharePoint-Hosted Apps 101

Working with SharePoint Data 106

Creating Cloud-hosted Apps 109

Creating Event Receivers 109

Creating ASPX Pages 112

Creating Master Pages 114

Summary 116

Recommended Reading 117

CHAPTER 5: OVERVIEW OF WINDOWS AZURE FOR SHAREPOINT 119

Defining the Cloud 120

Defining Windows Azure 121

Windows Azure Platform 122

Data Layer 123

Services Layer 123

Integration Layer 123

Developing Windows Azure Applications 124

SharePoint and Windows Azure 133

Understanding SharePoint Cloud-Hosted Apps and Windows Azure 134

Creating a Simple Autohosted SharePoint App 136

Summary 146

Recommended Reading 147

PART II: FUNDAMENTAL SHAREPOINT 2013 DEVELOPMENT BUILDING BLOCKS

CHAPTER 6: DEVELOPING, INTEGRATING, AND BUILDING APPLICATIONS IN SHAREPOINT 2013 151

Development Models Available in SharePoint 2013 152

Application Integration Options in SharePoint 2013 153

User Interface Integration 154

Events and Logic Integration 166

Data Integration 168

Summary 171

Recommended Reading 173

CHAPTER 7: PACKAGING AND DEPLOYING SHAREPOINT 2013 APPS 175

Anatomy of an App 176

Manifest and Assets 178

SharePoint Solution Package 179

Web Deploy Package 180

Database Package 181

Packaging and Publishing an App 182

Packaging an App 182

Private Publishing in an App Catalog 183

Deploying an App 184

SharePoint-Hosted App Deployment 185

Provider-Hosted App Deployment 188

Autohosted App Deployment 196

Summary 199

Recommended Reading 200

CHAPTER 8: DISTRIBUTING SHAREPOINT 2013 APPS 201

Publishing Apps in the SharePoint Store 203

Creating a Client ID and Secret 204

Pricing and Licensing Apps 206

Submitting Apps 208

Getting Apps Validated 211

Application Life Cycle 212

Using Seller Dashboard Metrics 213

Upgrading Apps 214

Summary 216

Recommended Reading 217

CHAPTER 9: OVERVIEW OF THE CLIENT-SIDE OBJECT MODEL AND REST APIS 219

Introducing Remote APIs in SharePoint 2013 220

Client-Side Object Model (CSOM) Basics 221

Managed Code (.NET) 222

Setup 223

Querying 224

JavaScript 228

Setup 229

Querying 230

Security and Cross-Domain Calls 236

Windows Phone 237

Setup 238

Querying 239

REST and OData 241

Getting Started with REST and OData 242

Filtering and Selecting 244

Creating, Updating, and Deleting 246

Client-Side Object Model API Coverage 250

Summary 252

Recommended Reading 253

CHAPTER 10: OVERVIEW OF OAUTH IN SHAREPOINT 2013 255

Introduction to OAuth 256

OAuth in SharePoint 2013 257

Creating and Managing Application Identities 258

Application Authentication 263

App and User Context in API Calls 266

Managing Tokens in Your Application 266

Application Authorization 269

Requesting Permissions Dynamically 271

App-Only Policy 271

On-Premises App Authentication with S2S 272

Summary 275

Recommended Reading 276

PART III: ADVANCED DEVELOPER TOPICS IN SHAREPOINT 2013

CHAPTER 11: DEVELOPING INTEGRATED APPS

FOR OFFICE AND SHAREPOINT SOLUTIONS 279

The New App Model for Office 280

The Office JavaScript Object Model 286

Document-based Apps 286

Functional Capabilities by Office Client 291

Mailbox-based Apps 292

App Security 297

Integrating Apps for Office with SharePoint 298

Standalone Apps for Office 299

Apps for Office Integrated with an App for SharePoint 300

Summary 305

Recommended Reading 306

CHAPTER 12: REMOTE EVENT RECEIVERS IN SHAREPOINT 2013 307

Introducing Remote Event Receivers 308

App-level Life-cycle Remote Event Receivers 318

Summary 319

Recommended Reading 320

CHAPTER 13: BUILDING LINE-OF-BUSINESS SOLUTIONS USING BUSINESS CONNECTIVITY SERVICES 321

Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2013 322

BCS in Apps for SharePoint 328

Building a BCS-enabled Business Solution 332

Summary 339

Recommended Reading 341

CHAPTER 14: DEVELOPING APPLICATIONS USING OFFICE SERVICES 343

WOPI and the New Offi ce Web Apps Server 344

What’s New in Excel Services 348

Word Automation Services and the New PowerPoint Automation Services 355

The New Machine Translation Services 359

What’s New in Access Services 362

Summary 366

Recommended Reading 368

CHAPTER 15: DEVELOPING WORKFLOW APPLICATIONS FOR SHAREPOINT 2013 369

Introducing Workfl ow Manager 370

The Big New Features for SharePoint Designer 371

Visio Professional, SharePoint Designer, and Workflow 372

Workflow and Visual Studio 383

Workflow in Apps for SharePoint 390

Summary 397

Recommended Reading 398

APPENDIX A: ANSWERS TO EXERCISES 399

INDEX 407