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  • Developing ReactJS Single Page Apps for SharePoint

    Last year, I decided that I wanted to learn different ways to create web applications.  The two major candidates were Angular 1.x and ReactJS.  I went through some courses on Pluralsight and other training sites for both.  After “playing” around with both, I can honestly say that I prefer ReactJS over Angular.  Angular 2.0 looks…

  • A(nother) Business Case for Twitter

    I can’t see why some companies continue to block Twitter access to their employees.  Especially developers.  For me, Twitter has been an invaluable resource.  A wealth of 140 character wisdom.  An constant supply of what is new in the SharePoint (or insert your favorite topic here) world. This example just happened to me yesterday.  I…

  • Removing OPTIONS with jQuery

    Here’s a usability solution that was necessitated by my desire to present a logical, workable solution to my end-user.  I’m still learning jQuery so my solution may not be the most elegant – but it works. I welcome any improvements! The Setup I have a SharePoint site that is displaying the results of an SQL…

  • Default Quick Launch Heading Paths

    Every so often, I come across sites that have the default Heading entries on the Quick Launch deleted.  I decided to write them down here in case I ever needed to put them back.  It’s also handy to be able to navigate to the All Items link in a site with no Quick Launch.  This…

  • XSL:split-string function

    One of the reasons I like developing for SharePoint is that I get to work with many different technologies and platforms.  When I am designing a custom list for (display, edit or new), There are times where I may have a delimited string in a field that I want to display differently on the screen.…

  • Easy Check If An SPWeb/SPList Exist

    I write a lot of code using the SharePoint object model.  Often times, I want to check to see if a particular Web exists in a Site Collection or a List exists in a Web.  I used to write methods that enumerated through the collection to see if they existed or I wrapped a Try-Catch…

  • Determining SQL Requirements for SharePoint

    Joel Oleson has a good post about determining your SQL server requirements in your SharePoint implementation.  A good resource for planning. 10 Key Questions Determining SharePoint SQL Server Count

  • Another example of how JQuery can help your site!

    I like this post because it illustrates how JQuery can make your UI code more efficient. Look at the code examples in this post. What once took 6 lines of code only takes one using JQuery. Of course, you have the overhead of loading the JQuery framework – but if you are doing a lot…