Fixing IE11 Compatibility Problems in SPFx with Babel
I recently ran into an annoying problem in one of my SPFx solutions; while it worked perfectly in Chrome, the Web Part didn't even load in IE11. After a bit…
Responsive SPFx Controls with Fabric UI React
Have you ever built a control that you want to have behaving differently depending on whether you're working on a mobile device or a desktop? For example, showing a callout…
Pro Tip: where did my deleted SharePoint Hosted Add-In listitem go to?
A client for whom we had built a SharePoint Hosted Add-in consisting of multiple inter-connected SharePoint lists, deleted a list item from one of the lists. This list item was…
Working with SPFx projects in Visual Studio 2017 (or: how to avoid Visual Studio Code)
I like the SharePoint Framework. It's new, it's fast and it's miles ahead of what we've had before. I even like Node.js, NPM, Yeoman and the rest of the development…
What happened to the SP Online Social REST API?
Last month I encountered a strange issue with the SharePoint Online REST API when trying to implement a feature for a social intranet we are building for one of our…
Upgrading SPFx 1.0 React WebParts
When the SharePoint Framework first came out I spent a good amount of time porting over ‘old’ webparts to the new Modern standard. When someone discovered a bug in one…