Hey there my SharePoint enthusiasts! Some exciting news recently hit the wire, the long-awaited release of the SP Starter Kit V3 was merged to the main branch of the PnP SP Starter Kit open source project, and is now readily available for free! This powerful toolset was designed to accelerate your SharePoint development and provisioning […]
Now Available – Open Source SharePoint Framework RSS Reader Webpart
February 12, 2019 By 11 Comments
I am excited to announce the general availability of an open source SharePoint Framework RSS Reader webpart I built and made available to anyone and everyone as part of the SharePoint Patterns and Practices SPFx Webpart examples. Download the RSS Reader SPFx webpart, currently based on SPFx v1.7.0, now to get started today. A few […]
SharePoint Conference 2019 – A Conference You Don’t Want to Miss
December 26, 2018 By Leave a Comment
SharePoint Conference is returning to Las Vegas this year from May 21st – 23rd, 2019 at the MGM Grand and I’ll be there with bells on. Why is this a must-attend session on my schedule this year? As Microsoft continues to introduce exciting changes, SharePoint Conference 2019 will be a fantastic opportunity to catch up […]
SharePoint is the Answer to Content Collaboration in the Modern Workspace
September 29, 2018 By Leave a Comment
In the afternoon on day one of Microsoft Ignite 2018, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Jeff Teper took to the stage, and with help of a few on his team, he presented his update on SharePoint, OneDrive, and more. He clearly stated that SharePoint is the answer to content collaboration in the modern workspace, and I […]
Join Me at SharePoint Conference North America 2018 @SPConf #SPC18
April 13, 2018 By Leave a Comment
SharePoint Conference is back! And in Las Vegas no less! Are you going to join me this May 21st – 23rd for #SPC18? If not, why not? You don’t want to fall behind! If you need even more reasons to join, I am happy to say that PixelMill is also extremely excited to be sponsoring […]
Extended Native Graph API Support Shipping Soon to SPFx
February 16, 2018 By 2 Comments
The SharePoint Dev Ecosystem hosts monthly community calls that are not to be missed. The February 2018 Community call was no different. Fortunately for those of us that are busy, we always have the recorded video’s to queue up on demand. What I found most existing in the February 2018 call was a demo around […]
SharePoint Conference North America 2018 @SPConf #SPC18 – May 21st through 23rd, 2018
February 12, 2018 By Leave a Comment
On the off chance you’ve not yet heard, there is in fact a SharePoint Conference returning to Las Vegas, this May 2018. For those of you that have missed the large yearly SharePoint-focused conference hosted by Microsoft that once was SharePoint Conference, this is your opportunity to jump back in. There are several well-organized conferences […]
Conditional Load of External Library such as jQuery in SharePoint Framework Solutions
January 25, 2018 By Leave a Comment
When a SharePoint Framework based use-case arising that includes conditionally loading an external library such as jQuery, an option exists that includes looking to see if a library has already been loaded, and then conditionally loading additional libraries using SPComponentLoader.loadScript SharePoint Framework Limitations The common method of loading external libraries in SPFx solutions is to […]
SharePoint Framework Extensions Milestone – Release Candidate 0 Available
August 30, 2017 By Leave a Comment
We are one step closer to the highly anticipated release of SharePoint Framework Extensions. Microsoft announced yesterday the release of SharePoint Framework Extensions RC0. My obvious questions are, what does this mean, what is different, how do I get the latest bits, and finally when will this go GA so I can use this for […]
#SPFx Extensions Dev Preview Drop 1 Breaks Placeholder Control
June 29, 2017 By 5 Comments
The SharePoint Framework (#SPFx) Extensions Dev Preview Drop 1 utilizes a new version of one of the core node modules, sp-webpart-base v1.1.1. This module removed, possibly by accident, a particular TypeScript definition file, Placeholder.d.ts found in \node_modules\@microsoft\sp-webpart-base\lib\components\placeHolder. Unfortunately this change was not included in the release notes, so it went unnoticed for a few days until rgueldenpfennig […]
