SPTechCon: The SharePoint Technology and Office 365 Conference is returning to Austin, Texas! SPTechCon will take place February 21-24, 2016, with more than 80 technical classes and tutorials presented to help those utilizing SharePoint technology and maximize their effectiveness with it.
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SPTechCon Austin will feature the first conference sessions on SharePoint 2016, the next release of SharePoint expected early next year! We will also bring you more on working with SharePoint 2013 and Office 365, with practical information you can put to use on the job right away!
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SPTechCon offers classes and tutorials for IT professionals, business decision makers, information workers, project managers, and developers. Each presenter at the conference will be a true SharePoint expert, with many drawn from Microsoft’s tech teams or from outside authorities with Microsoft MVP status.
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We’re looking forward to seeing you in February! Because SharePoint… and AUSTIN!!
Aptillon SharePoint Blog
SPRESTSearchParser
I wrote a quick little utility to make it slightly easier to work with results coming back from a REST call to the SharePoint 2013 search endpoint. Details available here: http://blog.mannsoftware.com/?p=2031
Getting Started with Visual Studio Code
Mostly notes for myself, but a quick write-up on configuring VS Code to work the way I need it to. Provides some details on:
All Developers Can Be SharePoint Developers
I’m doing a full day session at the upcoming Philly Code Camp (October 10, 2015, Philly MTC in Malvern – more information). Registration is only $76 and includes breakfast and lunch, raffles, guaranteed admission to the Saturday regular Code Camp (which will sell out), and more. Register here.
Moved to Github
I’ve been pretty slow to learning how to use github for the management of my open source projects but I’ve finally managed to take the time to at least learn enough so that I could move my main projects over. I don’t know that I’ve got everything done exactly the way it should be as I kind of stumbled through it a bit but I think what I’ve got so far should be a good start for anyone who wants to download the releases or see or contribute to the source.
ITUnity: Working with Lists and List Items Using the SharePoint REST Service and Windows PowerShell
Gary describes how to use the Invoke-SPORestMethod function (described earlier in this series) to complete common tasks, similar to what you’ll find in a frequently referenced series on MSDN.
ITUnity: Using a Custom Windows PowerShell Function to Make SharePoint REST Service Calls
Gary writes about a utility function he calls Invoke-SPORestMethod, which you can use in Windows PowerShell to make simple RESTful calls against your SharePoint Online Site Collection.
ITUnity: Using the SharePoint REST Service with Windows PowerShell
Gary demonstrates how to use Windows PowerShell to inspect and manage SharePoint Online Site Collections, Sites, Lists and List Items using the SharePoint 2013 REST Service.
JavaScript webinar for Critical Path Training
I delivered my “Perfect-World JavaScript” webinar for Critical Path Training today. All in all, I think it went pretty well. The source code I showed is in Git and a write up of it all is on my blog: http://blog.mannsoftware.com/?p=1871.
ITUnity: Completing Basic Operations Using the SharePoint CSOM API and Windows PowerShell
Gary takes some basic operations C# samples you’ll find online as you start working with and exploring the SharePoint CSOM API with Windows PowerShell, and shows the C# and PowerShell equivalents.