This is a PPT on SharePoint 2013 Apps

1. About Me
A Sr. SharePoint Developer
@Fewlines4Biju
fewlines4biju@gmail.com
http://www.EnjoySharePoint.com

2. Agenda
 Introduction to Apps
 Advantages of Apps Over Solutions
 App Development Tools
 Hosting Options
 Sample Demo
 Any Question? Thank You !!!

3. Apps in SharePoint
 Today's trend is HTML, CSS, Cloud etc.
 Billion of smartphone, tablet users and very much attracted towards Apps.
 Mind set of developing a solution targeting to Mobile.
 Developers wanted different choice of languages, tools.
 Designed for Cloud. Lots of customers moving to cloud now.
 Should be lightweight and easy to use.
 Apps for SharePoint are self-contained pieces of functionality that extend
the capabilities of a SharePoint website.
 New mechanism to deploy code based customization to the SharePoint
platform
 Everything in SharePoint is now App. Want to create a list, chose the option
to Add an App.

4. Apps & Solutions
Solutions:
 Full trust solutions, Developer had
too much privileges
 Access to File System including 14
hive
 Server Level Access required
 Deploy to GAC
 Server side code- Can understand
what will happen in case of
memory leaks
 Need farm administrator permission
as well as sometimes need to restart
IIS
 Not easy to upgrade, may affect
whole farm
Apps
 Language options like HTML,
JavaScript, PHP, or .NET etc.
 A solution with no SharePoint server
side code. Need server side code
need host outside SharePoint server
 Code will run in client browser or
Outside SharePoint scope.
 Install, update or Uninstall without
affecting SharePoint site.
 Useful in Tablets and Mobile devices
 Server side code has been
replaced by client side code now
 No need for admin, user can find
and install an app

5. App Development Tools
Deployment Option Development Option Tools for Development
On-premise install Farm Solution Browser
Hosted Install Sandboxed Solution SharePoint Designer
Office 365 SharePoint Hosted Apps Office Developer Tools
with Visual Studio
2012/2013
Provided Hosted Apps Napa for SharePoint or
Office: Is free and can
develop on the cloud.
HTML, JavaScript & CSS.
Can be opened in Visual
Studio 2012
Azure-Hosted Apps PHP tools or other tools

6. Hosting Options
SharePoint Hosted Cloud Hosted Hybrid Hosted
• App resources are
hosted in SP but Code
runs in client browser.
• HTM or JavaScript, No
server-side code at all.
• Provider-hosted (on-
premise) and Azure
Autohosted (Office 365)
• Everything is in external
server.
• Can use any technology.
• Some components are
installed in SharePoint
Server and some in the
cloud.

7. Few Points on Apps:
 Always web scoped
 Always contains AppManifest.xml that tells about App.
 Never run server side code on SharePoint server
 If you can build a web application, you can build an app for SharePoint.
 Presentation logic in HTML and JavaScript that runs on the client, Business
logic in .NET that runs in Windows Azure. Data that is stored in SQL Azure.
 Each app is deployed to a SharePoint site known as the host web
 Each app installation has its own unique URL

8. Demo
 Office URL: https://portal.office.com/Home
 Office 365 Developer pack:
https://portal.office.com/admin/default.aspx#EAdminDefaultPage_Admin
HomePageESKU_AdminDashboardPage
 Developer site:
https://enjoysharepoint.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/start.aspx#/SitePages/
DevHome.aspx