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Hands-On Microsoft Lists

By : João Ferreira, Rene Modery
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Book Image

Hands-On Microsoft Lists

5 (1)
By: João Ferreira, Rene Modery

Overview of this book

Microsoft Lists is an extremely flexible and powerful platform for creating custom data models. Hands-On Microsoft Lists is an easy-to-read guide for those who want to get started with Lists, as well as those who are already familiar with the basic concepts and want to create custom and flexible Lists that are easily available through a web interface. This comprehensive introduction to Lists will show you how to get up to speed in no time with the help of practical guidance and examples. Complete with hands-on tutorials and projects, you’ll understand how to use and implement Microsoft Lists effectively. You’ll start by covering all the basic concepts that will help you to build your Microsoft Lists and get the most out of the platform. As you progress, you’ll explore how to customize Microsoft Lists layouts and forms. Later chapters will guide you through integrating Microsoft Lists with the Power Platform. Throughout the book, you’ll work with practical scenarios that you can use daily to improve the collaboration in your organization. By the end of this Microsoft book, you’ll have learned how to create custom data models to improve the way your data is put together, managed, and consumed in your workplace.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

What SPFx is and how to get started

SPFx is the acronym for the SharePoint Framework – the client-side development model to extend SharePoint, which allows developers to extend the Microsoft Lists platform using custom solutions.

As we saw in the first chapter, Microsoft Lists is an evolution of SharePoint lists, and it has inherited everything that was developed for the parent platform over the years. This means that with Microsoft Lists, you will be able to use SPFx extensions to bring more functionality to your own lists.

Before we dig into the technical aspects of the development, first you need to prepare your environment and understand the components that together make the SharePoint framework. As the following figure illustrates, the framework is built of several components that, when combined, create the modern development method for SharePoint.

Figure 11.1 – SharePoint Framework components

Figure 11.1 – SharePoint Framework components

Let's look at each of these components...