MetaVis SharePoint MVP Webinars Series – Single-Page Applications (SPAs) in SharePoint Using SPServices

Thanks to all who attended the webinar that Dave Coleman (@davecoleman146) and I did today about Single-Page Applications (SPAs) in SharePoint Using SPServices. The webinar was based on my series here of the same name, so if you’re interested in more detail on how I go about building these things, give that a gander. Thanks…

jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services (SPServices) 2013.02 Re-Released

Back on December 28, 2013, I released SPServices 2013.02, just squeaking in under the wire to be able to name it thusly. Soon after the release, Paul Tavares (@paul_tavares) and I noticed a few significant issues. These issues are fixed in 2013.02a. If you downloaded 2013.02, please replace it with 2013.02a. For the record, the issues…

Single-Page Applications (SPAs) in SharePoint Using SPServices – Part 4 – GetListItemChangesSinceToken

As I mentioned in the last part of the series, when we build a Single Page Application (SPA), we’ll usually want to keep the data we’re displaying up to date. GetListItems and GetListItemChanges are two of the operations that can help with this, but the more robust option is GetListItemChangesSinceToken (MSDN documentation). In fact, it’s…

jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services (SPServices) 2013.02 Released

Yesterday I released SPServices 2013.02. Here are the release headlines: Improved compatibility with SharePoint 2013, whether on premises or on Office365, especially in the value-added functions (SPCascadeDropdowns, SPDisplayRelatedInfo, etc.) Better API stability, including fixes for GetListItemChanges, GetListItemChangeSinceToken, and others Bug fixes and performance improvements While this is primarily a maintenance release, if you are using…

InfoPath 2013 Forms on Office365 with External REST DataSources

I’m building a reasonably complex form with InfoPath 2013 in which I need to look up data for some dropdowns from several external REST Web Services. The REST services are available publicly and anonymously, so authentication isn’t any issue. For example, say I have a field on the form which displays values for Category in a dropdown….

Great SharePoint Books: ‘SharePoint Cheap Thrills’ by Ira Fuchs

Ira Fuchs has been at it again, working to make SharePoint more interesting and accessible to Real SharePoint People. What I like about Ira’s books is that they are written for people who want to get something done from start to finish. In each book, Ira takes us through how he’s built real applications. Ira’s…

From SharePoint Magazine: Variations in Multiselect Controls in Different SharePoint Language Versions

[SharePoint Magazine date=”December 23, 2010″] Consistency in one’s development practices is a critical part of generating reliable, maintainable code. Most large software contains some inconsistencies, but in your development efforts with SharePoint, you should try your best not to introduce any inconsistencies of your own. In this article, I’ll show you the effect of one…

Fix Internet Explorer Crashes with SharePoint 2013 Online Presence Indicators

Until the other day when I figured this out, every time I hovered my mouse pointer over a presence indicator on SharePoint Online, my browser – which is Internet Explorer 10 at the moment – would crash. It wasn’t some polite little crash, either. The window would freeze, the dreaded “Internet Explorer has stopped working”…

From the SPServices Discussions: Why Should I Bother to Learn XSLT?

Here’s a question from gdavis321 from the good old SPServices discussions. In most cases, I just answer the questions in situ, but occasionally – as you frequent readers know – I realize what I’m writing feels more like a blog post, so I move it over here. It seems that Spservices (thank you for this…