Learning TypeScript: A Code Camp Adventure(4/4/2016)-Last weekend I had the pleasure of presenting a couple sessions on TypeScript at Boston Code Camp 25, one on my own and one with my good friend and colleague, Bob Goodearl. We’ve just posted the materials, which may be useful beyond the presentation. TypeScript 101 This session covers the basics of the language. I tried … Continue reading Learning TypeScript: A Code Camp Adventure
The Well-Tempered AngularJS Web Part(3/21/2015)-Listen while reading … The mathematics of music isn’t as simple as you might think, and early musical instruments often didn’t get it right. Keyboard instruments were especially susceptible to this. On a particular organ, for example, the fifth interval in the key of C might sound harmonious, but the fifth above Ab might be sour … Continue reading The Well-Tempered AngularJS Web Part
Understanding Javascript Promises(3/16/2015)-I have to admit I found the concept of Promises difficult to grasp at first; once I understood, I’ve been looking for a good way to explain it to others. This article is my attempt to make Promises easy to understand through a simple metaphor. Imagine you’ve entered a crowded restaurant. You force your way … Continue reading Understanding Javascript Promises
ASP.NET
How to: Display the name of the Windows user logged into your ASP.NET Site(2/5/2015)-This is really pretty simple but I was surprised not to find it in any one blog posting. It's easy to display the Application Pool account rather than the logged in user. Some articles said to turn on Impersonation, but that's often a bad idea for other reasons. This is what worked for me just now.
New Release of Widget Wrangler(1/31/2017)-When you’re writing a widget in Angular 1.x, it’s possible to pass configuration information into the widget using the ng-init directive, as shown in this example. (Angular 2 isn’t ready for widgets yet since there’s no way to put multiple copies on the page; Microsoft is working with Google on a fix. Here’s a sample.) … Continue reading New Release of Widget Wrangler
The Well-Tempered AngularJS Web Part(3/21/2015)-Listen while reading … The mathematics of music isn’t as simple as you might think, and early musical instruments often didn’t get it right. Keyboard instruments were especially susceptible to this. On a particular organ, for example, the fifth interval in the key of C might sound harmonious, but the fifth above Ab might be sour … Continue reading The Well-Tempered AngularJS Web Part
Understanding Javascript Promises(3/16/2015)-I have to admit I found the concept of Promises difficult to grasp at first; once I understood, I’ve been looking for a good way to explain it to others. This article is my attempt to make Promises easy to understand through a simple metaphor. Imagine you’ve entered a crowded restaurant. You force your way … Continue reading Understanding Javascript Promises
SharePoint (General)
Teams and SharePoint: Better Together(5/14/2018)-Collaboration Silos Traditionally, our collaboration tools have been divided into silos based on the mode of communication. In the Microsoft space, we’ve used Outlook and Exchange for persistent messaging, Skype for Business for real-time communication, and SharePoint to provide a place to share documents and other information. These tools work together to provide for our … Continue reading Teams and SharePoint: Better Together
What is Modern SharePoint and Why Should I care?(2/9/2018)-I just got back from Microsoft’s internal Ready conference in Seattle, and one especially inspiring session was about Professional Networking by Kevin Martins and Matt Soseman. I’m still digesting it all, but one thing Matt said stuck with me: he suggested blogging the answers to questions you get over and over. When someone asks, you can … Continue reading What is Modern SharePoint and Why Should I care?
Office Developer Bootcamp Sponsors on Board(10/10/2017)-Some readers may already know that Scot Hillier and I are presenting an Office Developer Bootcamp focused on the SharePoint Framework on Friday, October 27, 2017 at the Microsoft office in Burlington MA. This is a great opportunity to learn SharePoint Framework development, including related technologies, Typescript, WebPack, and React. There are still openings, and … Continue reading Office Developer Bootcamp Sponsors on Board
Porting REST calls to SharePoint Framework(6/29/2017)-The SharePoint Framework (SPFx) is a powerful technology for developing web parts that run on both classic and modern SharePoint pages. SPFx is 100% client-side, and it’s often possible to reuse client-side JavaScript (from Script Editor or Content Editor Web Parts) in SPFx. This is usually straight forward if the original JavaScript targeted a single … Continue reading Porting REST calls to SharePoint Framework
ALM for Widget Solutions(11/11/2016)-Colleague and fellow SharePoint developer Brian McCullough asked a great question on Twitter: This is such an important topic I thought it was worth more than a 140-character reply; hence this article. Whole books have been written on Application Lifecycle Management,and there are many facets beyond simple software deployment, but this article will focus on the baseline … Continue reading ALM for Widget Solutions
Roadmap to the Future of SharePoint(5/7/2016)-(cross-posted to the BlueMetal Blog) This week Microsoft mapped out a bold new plan for SharePoint. Microsoft is investing heavily to modernize the product to make it work as well in the Device and Cloud era as it once did in when the Web was still shiny and new. This article will explain how these … Continue reading Roadmap to the Future of SharePoint
SharePoint Packaging
The Well-Tempered AngularJS Web Part(3/21/2015)-Listen while reading … The mathematics of music isn’t as simple as you might think, and early musical instruments often didn’t get it right. Keyboard instruments were especially susceptible to this. On a particular organ, for example, the fifth interval in the key of C might sound harmonious, but the fifth above Ab might be sour … Continue reading The Well-Tempered AngularJS Web Part
