Open and Connected Platform: a brief overview of the SharePoint Framework

SharePoint opens up and (further) embraces Open Source & Office365...

"Whether you are a 1st or 3rd party SharePoint developer, the new SharePoint Framework offers a modern new client side approach that allows you to extend and customize SharePoint with high-trust code in ways that were previously unavailable in the Cloud. Watch, as program manager Daniel Kogan, provides an overview and demonstrates how the SharePoint Framework helps you to create beautiful, responsive solutions that you can customize to your own needs. Stay to the end to see how you can build and test SharePoint Web Parts locally with the new workbench, without having SharePoint running in your own environment."

Source: the introductionary video: Open and Connected Platform: The SharePoint Framework.




Further reading
The SharePoint Framework - an open and connected platform
The Future of SharePoint
The new SharePoint development model – client web parts, JavaScript frameworks, npm, Gulp, TypeScript etc.
Everything you need to know about the SharePoint Framework
What you should learn to prepare for developing solutions on the SharePoint Framework

Related topics

• SharePoint Framework (stack)
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• React
• Node.js
• Gulp
• Yeoman
• Webpack
• Git
• Visual Studio IDE