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Learning Search-driven Application Development with SharePoint 2013

By : Johnny Tordgeman
Book Image

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)

Using the new client-side APIs


For the first time in SharePoint history, Microsoft treats client-side developing as a first-class citizen in SharePoint. With a set of RESTful APIs that provide access to almost every aspect of SharePoint and a redesigned client-side object model, we, SharePoint developers, can create powerful and engaging client-side applications.

Search, which is a major element in SharePoint 2013, embraces the new methodology and enables us to develop search-driven applications using JavaScript and managed code (C#).

Before we go ahead and discuss the usage of the new client-side APIs, let's dive into what these APIs are.

RESTful API

REST (or Representational State Transfer) is a simple alternative to SOAP (or Simple Object Access Protocol) based on an HTTP request/response pair. To communicate with a REST service, the client sends an HTTP request using a unique URI (Unique Resource Identifier).

REST and SharePoint 2013

SharePoint 2013's REST API allows us to perform CRUD (Create...