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Learning Search-driven Application Development with SharePoint 2013

By : Johnny Tordgeman
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Learning Search-driven Application Development with SharePoint 2013

By: Johnny Tordgeman

Overview of this book

SharePoint 2013 feels like a of fresh air, offering many new features and changes over older versions. Among these new features is a completely revamped search engine. "Learning Search-driven Application Development with SharePoint 2013" is a quick-start guide to creating search-driven applications using the new and exciting features that have revolutionized the SharePoint enterprise search experience. "Learning Search-driven Application Development with SharePoint 2013" is a fast-paced, practical, hands-on guide to the world of enterprise search in SharePoint 2013. With step-by-step tutorials and real-world examples, this book will give you a head start creating fresh and exciting search-driven applications using SharePoint 2013's new search engine. "Learning Search-driven Application Development with SharePoint 2013" is an accelerated way to create search-driven applications for SharePoint 2013. By covering the basics first and gradually covering all search related topics, this book will be your guide through the world of SharePoint's enterprise search. Furthermore, you will learn how to use the powerful feature of Query Rules to create smart conditions that help respond to user's search queries intelligently. We will also discuss how to style search results and make them stand out, how to index external content so it will be searchable using SharePoint's powerful search engine, and how to use the new client side search APIs, which will allow us to take advantage of search in Apps, the new development model for SharePoint 2013. After reading Learning Search-driven Application Development with SharePoint 2013, you will understand what it takes to create applications that use search as a content provider. Using applications that are based on real world examples and step-by-step tutorials, you'll get hands-on experience in developing search driven applications.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Building a simple search-driven application


With all the theory we just discussed, it's time to put the wheels in motion. With the knowledge we gained so far in this chapter, we can build a simple search-driven application that will use query rules to react to users' intentions.

First, let's get our infrastructure in order and create two new sites as follows:

  • A team site called Video Games Center that will host the content for our search-driven application

  • A search center site that we will use to create the search logic on

Adding content

In order to show search results, we first need something to search for. Let's follow the ensuing steps to pour some content into our newly added team site:

  1. Navigate to the newly added team site and add the following apps:

    • A picture library named VideoGamesImages

    • A document library named VideoGamesDocuments

    Once both the libraries have been created, rename them to Video Games Center Images and Video Games Center Documents respectively.

  2. From the downloadable content...