Let’s go! Learn SPFx Today! | SharePoint Framework for Beginners (SPFx) 2021 E01

[@jakasnazwa123]

I've been waiting for something like this !!!

[@RDT]

Hi Teoo, thanks for your kind comment, we appreciate your support.

[@IndaloMan]

Great to learn from a veteran SharePoint Developer who has delivered SPS/SPO projects for 20 years, rather than a Celebrity SharePoint Presenter who has never delivered a project!

[@RDT]

Thank you Mr Nigel, excited about this course, we need more SPFx developers, 4 years on since the first SPFx and still I meet developers who are creating Classic SharePoint solutions and not using the Modern Framework experience 😩. Let’s change all that! #SPFx

[@MsPrakul]

Great Intro, hope to have great content in this course - Things like Web Part, CRUD Openration, Extensions etc

[@RDT]

Thanks Prakul, I will be building a webpart in Javascript, ReactJS and VueJS over the next couple of weeks, and I will then look at CRUD and Extensions.

[@shri94svj31]

Clear and nice explanation for who want to learn spfx

[@RDT]

Thanks Shrinivas, much appreciated.

[@attaullahkhan3931]

nice . very amazing tutorial

[@RDT]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@allannavarro3557]

En Punto! Thanks a lot.

[@mariavitoriaaugusto6381]

hello, how do you open a new tab in the quick links web part, I think it doesn't have that option. Would you know how to create a quick links webpart, but when you click the link it opens a new tab??

[@RDT]

Have Maria. Quick links (and navigation links) in SharePoint Online open the target site in the same tab if the target is a SharePoint page, otherwise (the target is an external target) they open in a new browser tab. A work-around that requires user training is to Ctrl+click any link that the user wants to open in a new browser tab. Also, if the mouse has a scroll wheel, clicking the link with the scroll wheel causes the browser to open the target in a new browser tab. You could create a webpart and make sure the link targets _blank

[@mariavitoriaaugusto6381]

@@RDT God bless you helped me a lot thank you, how do I create the webpart do you have any tips??

[@DANIAL-z7k]

Very useful

[@RDT]

Thank you 🙏

[@sourabhkulkarni1731]

How is the demand and market for SharePoint (SPFX) with SharePoint developers future career perspective ? Since I don't find lot of jobs in LinkedIn for SharePoint. Should I switch my focus entirely onto front-end development (ie. React, Angular, JavaScript etc) or stay in O365 platform (Power Platform, SharePoint etc) ? Please advice.

[@RDT]

Hi Sourabh, good question. When a customer asks me to develop an O365 solution I currently try to do as much "Out of the Box" (OOTB) so that the solution can be maintained in the future (List JSON formatting, Power Automate) and I am currently working with a company who use SQL as the backend (Azure) and PowerApps as the front end. However, I find a real need for the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) - (All of mine are ReactJS) for 1. Custom List Actions that go beyond starting Flows etc 2. Custom Webpart for Intranets (Alert Bars, How are you feeling rating, displaying AD Custom Properties about the current user) etc 3. SharePoint Extensions (Custom Global CSS, Google Analytics etc). 4. Teams add ins and Adaptive Viva Cards So developing SPFx skills will allow you to confidentially cover the lower level requirements of the customer that OOTB does not provide, allowing you to deliver the full O365 Experience. I hope that helps Rob

[@sourabhkulkarni1731]

@@RDT Hi Rob, Thanks for answering my question.

[@TYNEPUNK]

can u not use c#?

[@RDT]

No, typescript only as it is a client web technology

[@fewmomentsmore]

I am coming from a background of SharePoint Admin. What are the prerequisites of entering into the world of SPfx development ?

[@RDT]

I would recommend JavaScript, Typescript and ReactJS

[@svanaja331]

Hi Sir, I got project on SPFx with React and typescript. is it good choice for fresher (2years exp in IT with other technology)?

[@RDT]

Yes, definitely if you want to work within MS O365 arena (teams etc)

[@aditishow1248]

Hello sir, I'm supporting SharePoint applications from last 2.5years. I want to learn SPFX now. Is there any other technology that I need to learn before learning SPFX?? I have in depth knowledge in spo & some basic things of js

[@RDT]

I would recommend ReactJS

[@aditishow1248]

@@RDT thank you sir... I'm learning that as well

[@ImranShah-jc6ok]

I'm react developer having 2.5 years of experience is it good to learn Spfx ?? Or before learning Spfx we have to learn SharePoint??

[@RDT]

Yes, I think you need to have some basic knowledge of SharePoint (sites, lists, libraries) before developing SPFx

[@ImranShah-jc6ok]

@@RDT thanks for the information ❤️

[@JonBrookes]

can spfx apps be public ( internet ) facing ? I would suspect not as often to use sharepoint you need to have bought sharepoint it would be interesting to know if say, small start ups and businesses could use an spfx react app to onboard users that do not have a sharepoint login or license but most of the use cases I am seeing are suggesting that this is not the case, rather that it is used primarily by sme's to create 'in house' custom solutions that grant access only to their own employees or partners

[@RDT]

Hi Jon. You can share a site externally, but not anonymously so users would need to be explicitly shared to email addresses and when they click the link in the email it kind of creates a Microsoft account linked to their email. In the scenario you describe perhaps Microsoft forms is a solution as this allows anonymous public facing forms for free

[@JonBrookes]

@@RDT Thats really helpfull to know, thanks for clarifying. I work with a Charity that has an Office 365 subscription and they have a use case where they recieve referals from other stakeholders who need to submit a relatively complex onboarding form - this could be replaced by them being sent an invitation link to access an spfx app, say in react. This could be a much better user experience and could reduce their costs. Thanks again for you guidance. I will invest more time in spfx