PnP SharePoint Framework React Controls v1.5.0 released

June 20, 2018

Version 1.5.0 of the SharePoint Framework React Controls (@pnp/spfx-controls-react) has been released. This is an open source library that shares a set of reusable React controls, which can be used in your SharePoint Framework solutions. This release includes the following changes: New control(s) New PeoplePicker control added #19 Enhancements Added properties to the TaxonomyPicker to specify which terms are disabled/not-selectable #82 Fixes

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PnP SharePoint Framework Property Controls v1.7.0 released

June 12, 2018

Version 1.7.0 of the SharePoint Framework Property Controls (@pnp/spfx-property-controls) has been released. This is an open source library that shares a set of reusable property pane controls, which can be used in your SharePoint Framework solutions. This release includes the following changes: Enhancements Add npm postinstall script to automatically add the localization config #64 Add a description to the PropertyFieldCollectionData panel #67 Added a font field type for the PropertyFieldCollectionData control #66 Added a URL field type for the PropertyFieldCollectionData control #72 Field validation implemented to enable/disable save buttons in PropertyFieldCollectionData control.

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SharePoint Framework unit-tests with Jest

June 5, 2018

Back in April 2017, I wrote about how you could write unit tests for SharePoint Framework components. This was created by a combination of the dependencies provides by SharePoint Framework itself and enzyme (JavaScript Testing utilities for React). Info: you can read more about writing unit tests for SharePoint Framework components here: Writing unit tests for your SharePoint Framework components.

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Speed up your SharePoint Framework build and release process in Azure DevOps

May 24, 2018

Automating your builds and releases for SharePoint Framework is easy to achieve on Azure DevOps. In the past, I have written how you can achieve it by using custom Gulp tasks or using the Office 365 CLI. One thing both solutions have in common is that they are taking 5-10 minutes to complete.

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Debug your SharePoint Framework code running in Microsoft Edge with Visual Studio Code

May 14, 2018

For a long time, you were not able to remotely debug your SharePoint Framework solutions running in Microsoft Edge with Visual Studio Code. This was due to limitations of the Debugger for Edge and the Microsoft Edge developer tools. The only possibility if you wanted to debug in Visual Studio Code, was to use Chrome in combination with the Debugger for Chrome Visual Studio Code extension.

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Using the Office 365 CLI in your Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for SharePoint Framework solutions

April 5, 2018

Automating installation/deployment processes of any type of solutions is so great, and on Azure DevOps you can do this by a task-driven process. For many of the SharePoint Solutions I create, I have an automated CI/CD process behind the scenes running. So that once my code is ready, it will automatically deploy to my test environment.

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