Level: Introductory to Intermediate

Kirk Evans

Architect for the Windows Azure Modern Apps Center of Excellence

Microsoft Corporation

The new SharePoint 2013 app model introduces many new challenges and development techniques that require a different approach to building solutions than developers may have experience with. This session will focus on providing you the tools and techniques necessary to be successful building apps for SharePoint 2013. We will cover everything that a developer needs to know in order to be successful with the new app model including:

• App hosting models
• App identity and permissions
• App solutions on premise and in the cloud
• App architecture components
• App deployment

By leveraging these key concepts, this session will focus on creating solutions for SharePoint 2013.

• Using the SharePoint 2013 CSOM and REST APIs in apps
• Building solutions that use event receivers
• Understanding app design patterns
• Creating and deploying workflows
• Leveraging search with apps
• Consuming SharePoint's social features with apps
• Enumerating best practices for app development

After this session, developers will walk away confident in their ability to leverage the various tools and techniques for building apps in SharePoint 2013.