1. Getting Started with SharePoint 2013 Apps
Randy Williams, AvePoint
USA
Steve Sofian, arvato Systems Singapore

2. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
Randy Williams
Evangelist / Architect
Author
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3. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
Steve Sofian
Regional Consulting Manager
.NET / SharePoint / Business Intelligence
Customer Engagement Platform
Over 15 years of software development and systems integration
Microsoft SharePoint MVP since 2007
Founder and community lead for Singapore SharePoint Community
Co-organizer Southeast Asia SharePoint Conference 2010, 2011, 2013
Author
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4. Why do we need a new app model

5. Challenges with WSP solutions
Full-trust solutions
Performance and stability concerns
Incompatible with SPOL
Sandboxed solutions
Clunky architecture, too limiting
Requires administrative deployment and support
Lifecycle management
Upgrade, decommission
Steep learning curve
Not cloud ready

6. Benefits of the new app model
Info Workers
Based on a proven and familiar app model
Apps can be found in SharePoint Store or a corporate app catalog
Can provision, upgrade and delete
Lower learning curve – re-use your existing web technology background
SharePoint Store opens up new revenue potential
Developers
IT Managers
Apps decoupled from SharePoint – simplifies upgrades
Virtually no risk to farm
Corporate catalog facilitates governance controls

7. What is a SharePoint 2013 App?
Self-contained pieces of functionality that extend the capabilities of a SharePoint website
Microsoft - bit.ly/MFDnI9

8. A quick look at what’s built in
Demo
Built-in Apps
A quick look at what’s built in

9. So, as a dev - what exactly is an app?
Can contain some declarative SharePoint artifacts
External app provides SharePoint UI through IFrame
External app uses CSOM or REST (OData) calls to call back
No custom server-side code running on SharePoint
An application whose interface is surfaced through SharePoint but code is executed elsewhere

10. How apps run
CSOM/OData
OAuth
Other Platform
SP Farm

11. What SharePoint artifacts are supported? *
Modules: pages, js libraries, images, other file-based resources
Custom actions: ribbon or ECB
Client web part (“app part”)
List instances, columns, content types
Remote event receivers
* SPWeb-scoped features only
When adding an app, a sub-web is created to hold these artifacts; when removing an app, sub-web is deleted

12. Creating our first SharePoint Hosted App
Demo
Apps
Creating our first SharePoint Hosted App

13. Apps vs solution packages
Sandboxed WSP
Full trust WSP
Where does server-side code run?
Anywhere but farm
Farm (User Code Service)
Farm (w3wp.exe)
Scalable
Highly
Limited
Based on farm
Who installs and removes
Users
Site collection admin
Farm admin
Supported in SP2013
Yes
SharePoint Online compatible No
Azure-hosting compatible
Requires local farm for developers
Remote deployment and debugging from Visual Studio

14. Three hosting options

15. Three hosting options

16. Three hosting options

17. Three hosting options

18. Host web and app web
The host web is where app is added, removed, upgraded
If app has SharePoint artifacts, a sub-web is created underneath the host web
This sub-web is called the app web
App web is only accessible using isolated domain name
Host Web
App
Web

19. App web Provisioned by host web Contains only web-scoped features
Initial UI is immersive, full page
Set in appmanifest.xml
Custom master page is assigned (app.master)
Quick launch and common layout pages are unavailable
Settings.aspx, viewlsts.aspx, etc.
Only declarative code allowed

20. Let’s take a look inside
Demo
.app package
Let’s take a look inside

21. API Support (_api) Remote APIs are now a first-class citizen
Search, MMS, User Profile, BCS, et al
User-centric capabilities (no Central Admin-like support)
Client-side object model (CSOM)
REST-based (OData)
OAuth

22. CSOM

23. CSOM Same object models as before Much richer API compared to 2010
.NET Managed code
JavaScript
Silverlight
Much richer API compared to 2010

24. OData

25. OData
REST-ful API
Virtually same coverage as CSOM

26. Demo
Using OData

27. Bonus Demo (if time permits)
Apps
Creating a Provider Hosted app

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