The Full Stack Dev's Microsoft 365 Playbook

In March of this year, I made a promise to myself to be more deliberate with this newsletter. I wanted it to have a consistent publishing schedule and be a resource, rather than just a way to share news and updates about my course offerings and promotions. So, for the past five months, I have...

A few weeks ago, I posted two surveys (on LinkedIn & on Twitter/X), asking Microsoft 365 developers why they don’t implement automated testing in their Microsoft 365 development projects. Survey results on testing Microsoft 365 projects The survey asked developers about their experience and...

Over the past few weeks, I have made several changes and upgrades to a critical project. Thanks to the implementation of automated testing early on, this process has not been as stressful as you might expect. Automated testing allowed me to make changes, quickly identify any issues, and fix...

Most React developers use React Hooks to create React apps, as evidenced by documentation, examples, and videos on YouTube. However, this is not the case in the Microsoft 365 development space, where SharePoint Framework (SPFx) developers still primarily use class components. This is likely due...

In my last newsletter issue, I discussed the benefits of building web apps as the foundation for your Microsoft 365 or SharePoint apps. My main point was that if you focus on building web apps for Microsoft 365 instead of relying on the scaffolding tools and infrastructure that Microsoft...

Too many Microsoft 365 developers are laser-focused on creating Microsoft Teams apps & SharePoint apps (using the SharePoint Framework) when the focus should be on creating web apps. Most guidance and documentation on building Microsoft 365 apps jumps straight to how to build them and skips over...

Microsoft finally replaced the long-deprecated TSLint with ESLint in the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) v1.15 release of June 2022. This also involved revamping the default coding rules applied to all new SPFx projects. However, many of the rule configurations are quite opinionated and, in my view,...

I, along with other developers, were disappointed (but not surprised) by the lack of developer news in the Microsoft 365 space in my last newsletter a few weeks ago. That all changed last week at Microsoft's Build conference for developers! 😱 Microsoft 365 Developer News at Build As expected,...