Tips You Need to Know for Creating Apps for Microsoft Office and SharePoint 2013

Chris Johnson

SBS-B401

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Management, Program Management and Consulting Services

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#1 Use SignalR for App tracing and debugging

#2 Cache tokens if you need to

#3: Use OAuth to access SharePoint from apps for Office

OAuth in apps for Office

SharePoint

App Server

OAuth

#3 & 4: Use the SharePoint cross-domain library

Cross-Domain Library

SharePoint

Firewall

App Server

#5: Bring Office documents into your SharePoint apps with WACs

#6: Single Page Apps in SharePoint

SPA?• Single HTML page• Client script for everything• Communicates with server via JS• Integrates with Browser for navigation

SPA Resources• Learn: http://www.johnpapa.net/spa/

• Framework: Durandal • Databinding: Knockout• Layout: Bootstrap• Icons: FontAwesome• Data Queries: LinqJS• Notifications: Toastr

#7: App CSS makes your app look like part of the experience

App UX design guidelines

#8: Elevate your SharePoint app’s permissions with app-only calls

#9: Bring your app to where users are by integrating with Yammer

#10: Azure web sites + O365 + tfs.VisualStudio.com =

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