For years, Google Chrome has been my choice of browser when working with Office 365 environments as it has supported multiple personas that can have their own stored passwords, favourites, and bookmarks. This has been invaluable when working with client environments as I can create a persona for a client, and then remove that persona Read More
Category: Development
Get List Item Field Details using JSOM
Due to the different types of fields used in list items there are several different techniques that can be used: SP.ListItem.get_contentType() – Retrieves the name of the content type of a list item SP.ListItem.get_displayName() – Retrieves the display name of a list item SP.ListItem.get_id() – Retrieves the id of a list item SP.ListItem.get_item(‘{InternalFieldName}’) – Retrieve Read More
Chrome – Lock Developer tools to the Right
I have been doing a fair bit of experimenting with JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJS, Bootstrap and JQueryUI. One of the tools I rely on is Chrome with the Developer Tools because, unlike Internet Explorer’s Developer Tools, the Chrome version can be docked to the right of the window. This little feature makes it far Read More
Sideloading SharePoint Apps
When developing Apps for SharePoint it is essential to have a development site for testing your Apps. This can be done in several ways: Provision a Developer site within an Office 365 tenant with an E plan With an Visual Studio Premium or Ultimate MSDN subscription Sign-up for a Developer Subscription Create a site collection Read More
SharePoint 2013 Development in Azure
When I want to develop or test, or even break SharePoint 2013 I no longer opt for an on-premises development farm, my first choice is now an Azure VM. I am lucky enough to have access to an MSDN premium licence. This gives me access to software downloads and to a vast resource of information, Read More