Automatically Reindex Hugo Sites with Azure Pipelines
In this post, I’ll show you how I trigger Azure Search to reindex the site each time its redeployed as part of my existing Azure Pipeline configuration.
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Articles
Here you'll find articles & other useful resources. Enjoy!
Previous Articles
Monitor Azure Search With Azure Application Insights
In my last post, Add Search to Hugo Sites With Azure Search, I explained how I added a search capability to my site using Azure Search. In this post, I’ll show you how I monitor it to see what queries people are running and which result they are clicking on.
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Add Search to Hugo Sites With Azure Cognitive Search
A few months ago I re-launched my site on Hugo, but search wasn’t included in the release. That’s what this post is about.
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Stop Using Internet Explorer 11
It’s long past time we as an industry stop using Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) and get more aggressive in dropping support for it.
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Jest Preset Update October 2019
Late last year I published a few Jest presets to simplify adding automated testing to your SharePoint Framework (SPFx) projects. These are complete with example tests including testing the rendering of components, testing async functions using promises or callbacks and even simulating user events. …
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Dealing with Undefined 'this' in React Event Handlers in a Performant Way
When I’m teaching React to developers, one thing that comes up often is dealing with a common error. But here’s the interesting thing: it’s not running into the error that comes up all the time, its how to deal with it that surprises them. I’ve always wanted to have something …
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Automate Building, Testing and Deploying SharePoint Framework Projects with Azure Pipelines in Four Steps
In just four simple steps, this post will show you how to automate the build, test & deployment to SharePoint Online of any SharePoint Framework project using Azure Pipelines. I guarantee you can have it done before your coffee is ready! Seriously… go get the pot going and come back to …
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
SharePoint Framework Summer 2019 Wish List
I originally intended to write this post mid-summer, but just never happened. Thankfully my wish list hasn’t changed for the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) since the spring of this year… wait, maybe that isn’t a good thing?
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Implement Automated Hugo Releases With Azure Pipelines
In this post, I explain how this site is automatically built & deployed when I push commits as well as on a scheduled basis with Azure DevOps Pipelines.
Hosting Hugo on Azure - Here's How I Do it in Detail
In this article, I explain in detail how I migrated my static site, generated using Hugo, from a dynamic CMS to Microsoft Azure hosting.
The Good, Bad & the Ugly: Using Angular Elements with the SharePoint Framework
In this series, I showed you how to build custom elements, a native web technology supported natively by most browsers (except you Edge & IE…) and presented two options for how you can go about it. One option involves using one big project with the SharePoint Framework & Angular in it …
Saturday, August 17, 2019
Using Angular Elements in SharePoint Framework Projects
This has been a long time coming and many of you Angular developers who also work with the SharePoint Framework may have given up by now and switched to React, but for those of you who have been holding out, Angular is finally a viable option for SPFx development even with a few drawbacks.
Saturday, August 17, 2019
16-year blogging journey: author shifts to new platform
I’ve been blogging for 16 years and have used three open source engines to implement my site. Learn more about my experience after switching to Hugo.
Leveraging the Webpack Define Plugin in SPFx Projects
Here’s a post that teaches you a technique that you can start leveraging in your SharePoint Framework (SPFx) projects right away! You know those projects where you have certain values you use in development or testing while others that you use in production? This would include things like different …
Monday, August 12, 2019
JavaScript + SharePoint Framework Summer Camp Calls - July 3 & July 18, 2019!
Microsoft regularly hosts three different community calls under the SharePoint PnP program on various topics. You can learn all about these from the community page in the SharePoint docs at SharePoint Development > Community > Community Calls.
These calls are always recorded and published to …
Monday, July 1, 2019
SharePoint Framework v1.8.2 (and v1.8.1) - What's in the latest Update(s) of SPFx?
Earlier this week, on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, Microsoft released v1.8.2 of the SharePoint Framework (SPFx). A little over a month ago, I wrote about the v1.8.0 release. Since then we had another minor release (v1.8.1.md) released on April 16, 2019.
In this post, I’ll summarize what you can …
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Mastering the SharePoint Framework - Sprint 16 adds SPFx with Teams, SPA's and Tons of Updates
I’m excited to share this latest update to my course, Mastering the SharePoint Framework for developers. This update, packaged as sprint 16, includes one new chapter and a LOT of updates. When I originally planned out sprint 16, I intended to record a lot of new content. However when the SPFx …
Saturday, May 4, 2019
SharePoint Framework v1.8.0 - What's in this SPFx drop?
On Thursday, March 14, 2019, Microsoft released v1.8.0 of the SharePoint Framework (SPFx). This release is packed with many features that were previously in developer preview to the Generally Available (GA) milestone. However, there are some subtle updates that developers have been asking for. In …
Monday, March 25, 2019
Leverage Custom Permissions in Microsoft Entra ID Applications
In my last post, Securing an Azure Function App with Microsoft Entra ID - Works with SharePoint Framework!, I showed how you can secure a REST API deployed as an Azure Function App using Microsoft Entra ID. This comes in quite handy when you want to secure some custom server-side business logic …
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Securing an Azure Function App with Microsoft Entra ID - Works with SharePoint Framework!
I recently published a new chapter in my Mastering the SharePoint Framework on-demand course for developers that included a section that showed how to call a REST API deployed using an Azure Function App and secured with Microsoft Entra ID from the SharePoint Framework. When I was working on this …
Monday, February 18, 2019
Beware of Declarative Permissions in SharePoint Framework Projects
Developers can declare permissions in SharePoint Framework projects, but it isn’t a good idea. In this article I explain why and suggest a better approach.
Monday, February 11, 2019
Mastering the SharePoint Framework Sprint 13 Published with over 3hrs of Microsoft Graph & Microsoft Entra ID Lessons!
I’m excited to share this latest update to my course, Mastering the SharePoint Framework for developers. Today’s update, packaged as sprint 13, includes two new chapters and a few updates… and it’s a huge release… the biggest yet adding over 3 hours of new content! …
Friday, February 8, 2019
How to: Home Security System with SmartThings & ActionTiles
DIY Home Security System with ActionTiles & Kindle Fire Tablets: A Modern Touchscreen Solution for SmartThings Smart Home Monitor
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
DIY Home Security System with Konnected.io & SmartThings
In this article, I discuss how traditional home security systems can be expensive and outdated, leading to the need for more modern and simpler solutions.
Tuesday, January 8, 2019