Why SharePoint Developers Need to be Comfortable Building Apps for SharePoint Server 2013

SharePoint developers need to move into a comfort zone on the topic of building “apps”. SharePoint server 2013 provides them with an opportunity to attain this objective. On November 12, 2013, Yaroslav Pentsarskyy will teach an online course, Building Robust SharePoint 2013 hosted Apps for productivity and profit – Online Class. This course can provide […]

Working with jQuery Selectors in SharePoint Server 2013

Our set of video tutorials, SharePoint 2013: JavaScript and jQuery is authored by Marc Anderson, a SharePoint MVP and published author. We’ve written the last few posts of this blog as commentary on the first 5 tutorials included in the set. This post touches on the 5th tutorial in the set, “jQuery Selectors”. The intended […]

Comments on jQuery Basics Within the Context of SharePoint Server 2013 Development

In a 9 minute video tutorial titled jQuery Basics, Marc Anderson, a SharePoint MVP and published author presents some of the syntactical basic developers will need to master to start producing JavaScript code, including functions from the open source jQuery library. An important point to understand: JavaScript has evolved into a programming language uniquely capable […]

Developers Working With jQuery and JavaScript Should Become Familiar with the Document Object Model

JavaScript and the highly efficient library of functions, jQuery, which was developed by the Open Source community as a method of hastening development, are used by application developers to instruct modern web browsers to behave, as planned, with regard to data published by servers, including SharePoint Server 2013. JavaScript and jQuery are, therefore, client side […]

Wrapping Up Our Comments on jQuery Anatomy and Functionality Within SharePoint 2013

This post wraps up our comments on the second video tutorial included in our SharePoint-Videos.com training set, SP13-306 SharePoint 2013: JavaScript and jQuery Course. The title of this video is “jQuery Anatomy and Functionality Within SharePoint”. The instructor is Marc Anderson, SharePoint MVP and published author on this topic. Marc Anderson’s presentation of HTML elements […]

Putting jQuery and JavaScript Development for SharePoint 2013 in Context

Veteran SharePoint developers may need to orient themselves a bit prior to commencing work with jQuery and Javascript. In a video tutorial titled jQuery Anatomy and Functionality Within SharePoint, the course instructor, Marc Anderson who is a SharePoint MVP and published author on the topic, explains: “A lot of people think we’re going to use […]

jQuery is a Development Option for SharePoint Server 2013

jQuery is a development option for SharePoint Server 2013. What’s special about this opportunity? jQuery is a set of functions for Javascript developed as an open source project. The fact SharePoint administrators, developers, architects and even power users can opt to write processes, including “Apps” with jQuery functions represents a welcome break from previous development […]

Adding References to jQuery for Scripts for SharePoint Server 2013 and Choosing Where to Store Libraries

As Marc Anderson notes at the start of the “Getting Started” video tutorial opening our course on SP13-306 SharePoint 2013: JavaScript and jQuery, jQuery is simply a unique set of functions, written entirely in JavaScript, which, nevertheless, streamline development, dramatically. In order to implement functions from jQuery, eferences to the jQuery library must be added […]

SharePoint Server 2013 Hosted Apps

Apps are a new method for developing processes for Microsoft Office components, including SharePoint 2013. Perhaps no feature of Apps, as a development option, has greater promise to deliver value than portability. On paper, Apps can run on desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones. So, with enterprise organizations of all types rapidly opening opportunities for […]

Security Considerations for Deploying Customized SharePoint Server 2013

This is the second of two posts to this blog on the second video tutorial in our series on SP13-303 SharePoint 2013: Development Course, titled “The 3 Main Deployment Options”. This set of video tutorials is authored by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy, a SharePoint MVP, subject matter expert and author of Rapid SharePoint 2013 Collaboration Solution Development […]