How to: Setup CI / CD in Azure DevOps with the help of SPFx Generator

Updated: January 20th, 2020 – Refer to this post to use the latest version of PowerShell and certificate authentication. This post will be updated in the future to include those updates. Updated:May 28th, 2019 to use SPFx 1.8 and node.js v10 Updated: May 8th, 2019 to include use of SecureString There are a lot ofContinue reading “How to: Setup CI / CD in Azure DevOps with the help of SPFx Generator”

SPFx Basics: Debugging web parts on any page

Many experienced SPFx developers know you don’t have to debug your web part in the workbench in SharePoint Online. While the workbench is great, there are certain things that you just can’t test there such as application customizers and full-width web part zones. In the past six months or so, I’ve mentored a number ofContinue reading “SPFx Basics: Debugging web parts on any page”

Using Ionic Framework with SharePoint Framework (SPFx)

For those that know me, you might have heard about my extensive use of Ionic Framework, a mobile app platform, to build various side projects including BrewZap and HappenZap. If you aren’t familiar with Ionic Framework, it’s a node.js based development framework for mobile apps. Ionic was originally built using AngularJS and then modern versionsContinue reading “Using Ionic Framework with SharePoint Framework (SPFx)”