Moving from SPServices to REST, Part 6: Converting UpdateListItems to REST

This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series Moving from SPServices to REST

While the majority of calls using SOAP with SPServices use GetListItems to get items from lists, changing data with UpdateListItems is probably a close second. In this case, we’re altering data based on some user action. In a way, it’s like repainting your car (which I’ve never done). The shape and structure of the car…

Support Movember – In Memory of Dave Coleman and Men Everywhere

As Movember draws to a close and those of us in the USofA have given thanks for all we have, please consider donating to Movember. Movember isn’t just about raising money, but that’s one goal.  You can donate via my Movember page, or by finding others you may know who are participating. (Hint: they have unexpected…

The ‘MVP Thoughts’ Series – Live from Sharegate World Headquarters

Last month a handful of SharePoint and Office 365 MVPs (now Office Servers and Services MVPs, but who’s counting?) gathered at Sharegate‘s offices in Montreal to help them with their next series of Damn Simple videos. Stay tuned for those. After all the silliness – I mean serious cinematography – Jennifer Roth (@jennifermason), Corey Roth (@coreyroth), Fabian…

News Flash: Wandering Office 365 Waffle, Or “Who Moved My Waffle?”

Call it the waffle or the App Launcher or whatever you want (internally it has the CSS class ms-Icon–waffle2, so I think Randy Drisgill [@drisgill] is right, as usual), but if you use Office 365 or the soon to be available SharePoint 2016, you probably click on it dozens of times a day. Recent changes to…