SharePoint Add-In Model: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

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LET’S HEAR A STORY FIRST

A sandwich

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A sudden change

Sandwich Catalan-style

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Pa amb tomàquet (Tomato-rubbed bread)

HIGHLY OPINIONATED CONTENT AHEAD

History of SharePoint extensions

SharePoint 2007 SharePoint

2010 SharePoint 2013

Sandbox

C#

C#C#

Provider Hosted Apps

C#

JSJS

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SharePoint Add-in (App) Model: The Tale

SharePoint Add-In (App) Model: The Truth

ADD-IN MODEL: THE GOOD

You can’t break SharePoint with your code

We can use first-class tools for SharePoint development

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Cloud-ready code

Source: http://ec2-50-17-218-252.compute-1.amazonaws.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Cloud-ready-WAN-570x398.png

There is a lot of guidance around the add-in model

#SharingIsCaring

PnP

Source: http://therightplanet.com/2012/07/learning-jujitsu

ADD-IN MODEL: THE BAD

SharePoint isn’t a developer platform anymore

Product OOB + API: No middleware

Disconnected UI

Source: http://chakkaradeep.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/fabric-spaddin-1024x737.png

Can’t migrate existing code easily

Source: https://modmissy.com/2012/12/13/my-christmas-door-wreath/

ADD-IN MODEL: THE UGLY

Infrastructure setup is not straightforward

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App Identity registration

Tooling in Visual Studio

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Debugging experienceSource: http://churchofmartialarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fakir.jpg

Chatty client APISource: http://www.marcandangel.com/2009/09/28/how-small-talk-can-save-your-life

SummaryTh

e Go

od

• You can’t break SharePoint with your code

• We can use first-class tools for SharePoint development

• Cloud-ready code• There is a lot of

guidance around the add-in model

The

Bad • SharePoint isn’t a

developer platform anymore

• SharePoint is now becoming OOB + API

• UI is disconnected from the add-in experience

• Can’t migrate existing code easily

The

Ugly • Add-in

infrastructure setup is not straightforward

• Add-in identity registration is difficult to do right the first time

• Tooling in VS• Debugging

experience• Chatty API

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