Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework Community Call – 11th of August, 2022

Call summary

Welcome to the bi-weekly call focused on Microsoft 365 client-side development. In this call, we focus on using Viva Connections and SharePoint Framework to build solutions for Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online.

New this week

• Project releases
  • SharePoint Framework (SPFx) – v1.15.2 (RC)
  • PnPjs Client-Side Libraries – v3.6.0 (GA)
  • CLI for Microsoft 365 – v5.6.0 (GA)
• Web part samples
  • Pages Hierarchy - SlowRobot
  • My Awards - Luis Mañez | @luismanez
  • New - Palette Picker - flowerbot
• ACE samples
  • Public Holidays - Nanddeep Nachan | @NanddeepNachan

Demos

• Building React Taxonomy File Explorer experience with SPFx – render and manipulate files (Drag&Drop), folders, sub-folders in a hierarchical view based on managed metadata. Web part built with SPFx v1.15 and PnPjs. One can Move, Copy and/or Link to files in folders and also enables moving documents into library from an external location. Uses PnPjs to retrieve terms. File hierarchy is collapsible. Step through React component structures including the master TaxonomyFileExplorer component.
• Introduction to new Viva Connections Toolkit VS Code extension to streamline your development – after months of work, the toolkit is available now. Streamline your development process. See how to access and install the pre-release version of this new toolkit. Create a Viva project from a clean slate, from a scenario with CodeTour guidance or from an example (sample). Check for and install dependencies (Node.js., npm and npm dependencies). Now we need your feedback please.

The host of this call is Patrick Rodgers (Microsoft) | @mediocrebowler. Q&A takes place as always in chat throughout the call.

Agenda items

• SharePoint Framework – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen – 5:58
• PnPjs Client-Side Libraries - Julie Turner (Sympraxis Consulting) | @jfj1997 – 8:17
• CLI for Microsoft 365 - Garry Trinder (CPS Solutions) | @garrytrinder – 9:30
• PnP SPFx Controls - Patrick Rodgers (Microsoft) | @mediocrebowler – 11:19
• PnP Modern Search - Patrick Rodgers (Microsoft) | @mediocrebowler – 12:07
• PnP Samples - Hugo Bernier (Microsoft) | @bernierh – 13:05
• PnP SPFx ACEs Samples - David Warner II (Microsoft) | @DavidWarnerII – 15:01
• Demo - Building React Taxonomy File Explorer experience with SPFx – Markus Möller (Avanade) | @Moeller2_0 – 16:47
• Introduction to new Viva Connections Toolkit VS Code extension to streamline your development – Elio Struyf (Struyf Consulting) | @eliostruyf – 32:21

Actions

• Opt into the PnP Recognition Program | aka.ms/m365pnp-recognition
• Register for upcoming Sharing is Caring events:
  • Power Platform Samples Contributor | Wednesday, August 17th, 9:30am PT | 12:30pm ET - Register
  • Writing for the Web | Tuesday, September 6th, 9:30am PT | 12:30pm ET | 6:30pm CET - Register
  • Maturity Model Practitioners | Tuesday, September 20th, 7am PST - Register
  • PnP Office Hours – 1:1 session | Register
  • PnP Buddy System | Request a Buddy
• Register for the Microsoft 365 Developer Program and get a free developer tenant
• Get started with free training modules covering Microsoft 365 platform capabilities.
• Visit the Microsoft 365 Unified Sample Solution Gallery from Microsoft and community.
• Request a Demo spot on the call | https://aka.ms/m365pnp/request/demo
• Download the recurrent invite for this call | https://aka.ms/spdev-spfx-call

Demo references

• Building React Taxonomy File Explorer experience with SPFx
  • Article - A SharePoint File Explorer based on Managed Metadata and SPFx
  • Samples Repo - React Taxonomy File Explorer
  • PnPjs taxonomy – getAllChildrenAsOrderedTree
• Introduction to new Viva Connections Toolkit VS Code extension to streamline your development
  • Tools - Viva Connections Toolkit for Visual Studio Code
  • VisualStudio Marketplace - Viva Connections Toolkit (Preview)

Thank you for your great work. Samples are often showcased in Demos.

Open-source project status

General Resources

• Viva Connections https://aka.ms/VivaConnections
• Archives - Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Videos, Podcasts  
• Tools - Teams Toolkit (v2.2 Preview) 
• Tools - Microsoft Teams Framework (TeamsFx) 
• Gallery - Microsoft 365 Extensibility look book gallery   
• Microsoft Build sessions guide (Modern Work Digital Brochure) - aka.ms/modernworkbuildsessions
• SharePoint Framework - v1.12.1 npm install –g @microsoft/generator-sharepoint@next
• CLI for Microsoft 365 v3
• CodeTour
• Sharing is Caring | aka.ms/sharing-is-caring
• Tools - PnP Modern Search v4  | https://aka.ms/pnp-search
• M365 PnP site | aka.ms/m365pnp
• SharePoint Starter Kit v2
• Blog: “A Lap Around Microsoft Graph Toolkit” blog series
• New Microsoft 365 Patterns and Practices (PnP) team model with new community leads
• Microsoft 365 Community Content (non-Dev docs)
• PnP SPFx web part samples
• PnP SPFx extension samples
• GitHub PnPjs
• Tutorials - Getting started with SharePoint Framework v1.10 Tutorials (12 videos)
• Tutorials - Getting started with SharePoint Framework v1.10 Extensions (6 videos)
• Docs - Tutorials and training material for SharePoint Development
• SPFX Training Package
• SPFx Web Parts
• SPFx Extensions
• SPFx Library Components
• Documentation - PnPjs v2 documentation
• Link - Microsoft 365 developer training
• Link - Office 365 Developer Program
• Latest documentation on SharePoint Framework
• Found an issue with SharePoint Dev? - please let us know at https://aka.ms/spdev-issues
• Reusable web part property controls
• Reusable react controls for SharePoint Framework solutions
• Reusable controls webcast
• CLI for Microsoft 365
• PnP SPFx Yeoman Generator - Extends the out-of-the-box experience with open-source community capabilities
• SharePoint Dev UserVoice - for new feature requests

Other mentioned topics

• SharePoint dev documentation
• SharePoint dev issue list

Upcoming calls | Recurrent invites

• Power Platform monthly call | Wednesday, August 17, 8:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/PowerAppsMonthlyCall (monthly)
• Microsoft 365 General Dev call | Thursday, August 18, 7:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/m365-dev-sig (bi-weekly)
• Microsoft Identity Platform call | Thursday, August 18, 9:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/IDDevCommunityCalendar (monthly)
• Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework call | Thursday, August 25, 7:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/spdev-spfx-call (bi-weekly)
• Microsoft 365 platform call | Tuesday, September 6, 8:00 am PT – https://aka.ms/m365-dev-call (weekly)
• Adaptive Cards monthly call | Thursday, September 8, 9:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/adaptivecardscommunitycall (monthly)
• Office add-in monthly call | Wednesday, September 14, 8:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/officeaddinscall (monthly)

About

Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework bi-weekly calls are targeted at anyone who is interested in the JavaScript-based development towards Microsoft Connections, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, and also on-premises. Calls are used for the following objectives.

• SharePoint Framework engineering update from Microsoft
• Talk about PnP JavaScript Core libraries
• CLI for Microsoft 365 Updates
• SPFx reusable controls
• PnP SPFx Yeoman generator
• Share code samples and best practices
• Possible engineering asks for the field - input, feedback, and suggestions
• Cover any open questions on the client-side development
• Demonstrate SharePoint Framework in practice in Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Teams or SharePoint context
• You can download a recurrent invite from https://aka.ms/spdev-spfx-call. Welcome and join the discussion!

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Microsoft 365 PnP team, Microsoft - 12th of August 2022