Client Side Object Model (CSOM) - SharePoint 2013

Client Side Object Model
(CSOM) - SharePoint 2013

KUNAAL KAPOOR

0

Welcome to SharePoint Saturday Houston
Thank you for being a part of the
4th Annual SharePoint Saturday
for the greater Houston area!
• Please turn off all electronic devices or set them to vibrate.
• If you must take a phone call, please do so in the hall so as not
to disturb others.
• Thanks to our Title Sponsor:

1

Information
• Speaker presentation slides will be available at
bit.ly/GoSPSHOU within a week

• The Houston SharePoint User Group will be
having it’s next meeting Wednesday April 17th.
Please join us at www.h-spug.org

2

About Me

KUNAAL KAPOOR
Vice President Delivery
BrightStarr

A SharePoint architect trying to connect business to
technology.
Believe in providing useful solutions to empower the users
as much as possible.
MCSD SharePoint 2010, MCSD ASP.NET 4.0

Contact Information

E-MAIL: Kunaal.Kapoor@BrightStarr.com
Twitter: @KunaalKapoor
Blog: http://geekswithblogs.net/kunaalkapoor/
Company Website: http://www.brightstarr.com/

Agenda

What’s CSOM?
What’s new with SharePoint 2013?
REST, OData, OAuth
CSOM – Tools and Libraries
Questions & Feedback

*Session Duration: 1 hour (12:30 - 1:30 p.m.)

Agenda

What’s CSOM?
REST, OData, OAuth

What’s CSOM?
SharePoint has two frameworks for development:
Server-side object model
Used to run code on the server.
Eg: WebParts, workflows, taxonomies and so on.

Client-side object model (CSOM)
Used to develop code that runs outside of
the SharePoint server.
Eg: Applications you have on your desktop, mobile etc.

What’s CSOM?
Introduced in SharePoint 2010
Multiple implementations
Managed:
.NET Framework
& Silverlight
JavaScript

CSOM - SharePoint 2013

Expanded significantly!

Increased coverage from CSOM in SharePoint
2010, Including:
Business Data
Search
User Profile & Feeds
Publishing
Taxonomy
Workflows

Minimal Download Strategy UX
Push for client side actions


Critical Part of the App Model.
SharePoint apps cannot run any server-side
code inside the SharePoint host environment.

Four permutations for writing code in
a SharePoint app:
Client-side JavaScript that uses CSOM
Client-side JavaScript that uses the REST API
Server-side C# code that uses CSOM
Server-side C# code that uses the REST API


SharePoint 2010 SharePoint 2013

SharePoint 2010 doesn’t support Client.svc service extended with
direct access to Client.svc REST capabilities
Calls to the Client.svc should go Client.svc accepts HTTP GET, PUT
through supported entry points and POST requests
Supported entry points: .NET, Implemented in accordance with
Silverlight & JavaScript the OData Protocol

Agenda

What’s CSOM?
REST, OData, OAuth
CSOM – APIs, Tools and Libraries

REST, OData and OAuth

REST (Representational State Transfer) has a lot of
industry momentum.
It is a style of Software Architecture for distributed
systems.

For SharePoint 2013
Nearly every API in the client object model
has a corresponding REST endpoint.

REST, OData and OAuth

http://www.odata.org/

ODATA is the new data access API like ADO.

It standardizes data access APIs
Becoming really popular and used by Netflix, Azure
and other industry leaders
Supports formats like:
Atom, JSON or plain XML

REST, Odata, OAuth

http://oauth.net

The OAuth is an open authorization framework.

It enables a application to obtain access to an
HTTP service.

It is meant to keep the authentication conflicts
to a minimum.

CSOM –Tools & Libraries

JQuery
http://jquery.com

Fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library.
Easy-to-use API that works across a multitude of
browsers.
jQuery has changed the way that millions of
people write JavaScript

Library Size = 32KB (minified)


DataJS http://datajs.codeplex.com
Cross-browser library for data driven applications.
Simplifies working with OData and JSON responses.
Library Size = 58KB (minified)

Knockout http://knockoutjs.com
JS implementation of the MVVM pattern.
Declarative Bindings and Dependency Checking
Automatic UI refresh
Library Size = 40 KB (minified)


Visual Studio 2012
Developer tools include:
Project Templates
Item Templates
Designer & Tool Windows
Deployment & Debugging


Web Essentials 2012
Visual Studio 2012 Extension in Online
Gallery
Additional IntelliSense for CSS3
Warnings & Helpers for browser
compatibility issues
Selector IntelliSense for HTML
elements, classes and IDs

Fiddler – Available free @ http://fiddler2.com

HTTP debugging proxy
Inspect and debug traffic from any client
Tamper client requests and server responses
Useful in debugging SharePoint: JavaScript/
CSOM & REST based development
Test the performance of your web sites & apps

Firebug – Available free @ http://getfirebug.com

HTTP debugging proxy
Inspect and debug traffic from any client
Tamper client requests and server responses
Useful in debugging SharePoint: JavaScript
CSOM & REST based development
Test the performance of your web sites & apps

Resources & References

MSDN: http://blogs.msdn.com
CodePlex: http://codeplex.com
OAuth: http://oauth.net
OData: http://www.odata.org

Please Leave Feedback During Q&A
If you leave session
feedback and
provide contact
information in the
survey, you will be
qualified for a book,
ebook or DVD
giveaway.

Scan the QR Code to
the right or go to
bit.ly/spshou42

29

Thanks to all our Sponsors!

30

Client Side Object Model (CSOM) - SharePoint 2013

Recommended

Recommended

More Related Content

What's hot

What's hot (20)

Viewers also liked

Viewers also liked (7)

Similar to Client Side Object Model (CSOM) - SharePoint 2013

Similar to Client Side Object Model (CSOM) - SharePoint 2013 (20)

Recently uploaded

Recently uploaded (20)

Client Side Object Model (CSOM) - SharePoint 2013