JSJ 322: Building SharePoint Extensions with JavaScript with Vesa Juvonen LIVE at Microsoft Build

Panel: Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Vesa JuvonenIn this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panel talks to Vesa Juvonen about building SharePoint extensions with JavaScript. Vesa is on the SharePoint development team and is responsible for the SharePoint Framework, which is the modern way of implementing SharePoint customizations with JavaScript. They talk about what SharePoint is, why they chose to use JavaScript with it, and how he maintains isolation. They also touch on the best way to get started with SharePoint, give some great resources to help you use it, and more!In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

Vesa intro
What is SharePoint?
Has existed since 2009
People either know about it and use it or don’t know what it is
Baggage from a customization perspective
Why JavaScript developers?
Modernizing development
SharePoint Framework
Microsoft Ignite Conference
Is there a market for it?
System integrators
Angular Element and React
React for SharePoint Framework back-end
Supports Vue
React Round Up Podcast
How do you maintain isolation?
What’s the best way to get started with SharePoint extensions?
Office 365 Developer Program
SharePoint documentation
SharePoint YouTube
What kinds of extensions are you seeing people build?
And much, much more!

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JSJ 322: Building SharePoint Extensions with JavaScript with Vesa Juvonen LIVE at Microsoft Build

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