{"id":143,"date":"2014-03-03T10:03:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T10:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/cesardelatorre\/2014\/03\/03\/new-office-developer-tools-for-visual-studio-2013-march-2014-update-news-in-sharepoint-development\/"},"modified":"2014-03-03T10:03:23","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T10:03:23","slug":"new-office-developer-tools-for-visual-studio-2013-march-2014-update-news-in-sharepoint-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cesardelatorre\/new-office-developer-tools-for-visual-studio-2013-march-2014-update-news-in-sharepoint-development\/","title":{"rendered":"New Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2013 \u2013 March 2014 Update \u2013 News in SharePoint development"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today (March 3rd 2014), at the SharePoint Conference (VEGAS, U.S.), along with the Office team, we are a releasing a number of significant updates for developers building apps for SharePoint and Office 365.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an updated summary that I just created:<\/p>\n

What are Apps for Office and SharePoint? (Office 365 apps)<\/h3>\n

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Apps for Office and SharePoint are based on a unique application model which shares a common approach for extending Office and SharePoint. It brings the value of web apps we know on devices to the productivity applications you use on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

This apps model is built on web technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, REST, OData, and OAuth. If you\u2019re a web developer, you can use your existing skills to build apps and take advantage of familiar tools, languages, and hosting services. You can deploy, update and maintain your apps faster in the cloud and finally publish and sell your apps on the Office Store, or distribute IT-approved apps within your organizations by using a corporate App catalog (on-premises).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Apps for Office 2013<\/h3>\n

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Apps for SharePoint 2013<\/h3>\n

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What is Office 365 API? (Preview)<\/h3>\n

Microsoft is thrilled to announce the new Office 365 API<\/b> which leverages the broadest, most integrated set of productivity services in the industry across mail, collaboration, people and communication services that SMB and enterprise customers use. Now we are opening up the Office 365 platform for developers to build compelling apps which can connect to the key services and data within Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Office 365 API<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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As we are using open web standards it\u2019s possible to connect to the continually evolving API\u2019s for Office and combine with other Web Services to develop rich and contextual apps for all platforms. With millions of customers on Office 365 commercial and consumer services, there are petabytes of content created in Office 365 every month. By securely unlocking this data to developers through open standards we\u2019ve made Office 365 a compelling development platform. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Developer Tools: The power of choice!<\/h3>\n

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Development for Office and SharePoint is completely flexible. Depending on your specific context and needs for your solution, you will be able to choose the tools that better fit to your needs. <\/p>\n

Leverage the full power of Visual Studio<\/b> to develop Apps for Office & SharePoint with Office Developer Tools<\/b> or the Visual Studio Office 365 Cloud Business Apps<\/b> template (LightSwitch Apps for SharePoint) for the easiest way to create data-driven apps for SharePoint.<\/p>\n

Use \u201cNapa\u201d<\/b> to get started with Office and SharePoint development without having to install anything onto your development machine. As your application matures or you simply want to use the full power of Visual Studio, \u201cNapa\u201d provides a seamless switch to Visual Studio.<\/p>\n

Finally, use the Office 365 API Tools for Visual Studio 2013 \u2013 Preview<\/b> to develop solutions consuming the Office 365 API. <\/p>\n

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Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2013 \u2013 March 2014 Update<\/h4>\n

When installing these Developer Tools, it extends Visual Studio 2013 providing additional updated VS project templates and wizards, including Office 365 Cloud Business Applications<\/i> and other traditional project templates. <\/p>\n

Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2013<\/i> allows you to create rich, immersive apps for Office and SharePoint, using the premiere tool for professional developers, Visual Studio 2013. These tools require Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate, Premium, or Professional.<\/p>\n

Visual Studio projects for Office and SharePoint<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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The Office developer tools for Visual Studio 2013 allow you to create the following types of apps and solutions:<\/p>\n

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\u2022 <\/b>Apps for SharePoint 2013 <\/b>and SharePoint Online in Office 365<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 SharePoint 2013 <\/b>and SharePoint 2010 farm \/ sandboxed solutions<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 Apps for Office 2013 <\/b>and Office Web App in Office 365 <\/b>(Task pane apps for Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Project | Content apps for Excel | Mail apps for Exchange Online and on-premises) <\/p>\n

\u2022 Office 2013 add-ins<\/b> for Excel, InfoPath, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Visio and Word.<\/p>\n

These tools offer new features to Visual Studio 2013, like designers, and templates to support and facilitate the development of apps for Office and SharePoint. You can create, edit, build, debug, package and publish apps for Office and SharePoint for all of the hosting models and app types.<\/p>\n

Additionally, with no local SharePoint installation in your development machine, you can use Visual Studio to develop apps for SharePoint against a remote server running SharePoint.<\/p>\n

As part of the March 2014 Update<\/i>, you are able now to:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2013<\/h3>\n

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\u2022 Create PowerPoint Content Apps for Office 2013 SP1\/Office Web Apps<\/p>\n

\u2022 Create Compose Mail Apps for Exchange Online & On-Premises <\/p>\n

\u2022 Debug Apps for Office running in Office Web Apps (IE & Google Chrome)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Target SharePoint 2013 SP1 and new APIs in SharePoint Online<\/p>\n

Office 365 Cloud Business Apps<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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By using the Cloud Business App<\/b> (CBA<\/b>) template in Visual Studio, you can quickly and easily create line-of-business apps that are hosted on SharePoint for Office 365 and based on Visual Studio LightSwitch<\/b> technologies. Users can download and run cloud business apps on desktop computers and most mobile devices. <\/p>\n

CBA<\/b> with HTML5 and SharePoint support is the easiest way to create modern line of business applications for the enterprise. Publishing business applications to SharePoint 2013 gives users a central place to manage application administration and access within the enterprise, as well as the ability to build rich applications that can interact with SharePoint content and participate in business processes.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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CBA: The easiest way to build data-driven Apps for SharePoint <\/h3>\n

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As part of the March 2014 Update<\/i>, you are able now to:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Attach to Host Web SharePoint Document Libraries as First Class Data Sources in CBA<\/p>\n

\u2022 Attach to SAP resources as First Class Data Sources in CBA<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rapidly filter the data in the Business App<\/p>\n

\u201cNapa\u201d<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cNapa\u201d is a free app for SharePoint that provides a lightweight, browser-based<\/b> for developers who are not initially used to Visual Studio, and is the fastest way to get started with Office and SharePoint development without having to install anything onto your machine. \u201cNapa\u201d is part of the Office 365 Developer Site, which is available at http:\/\/dev.office.com\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cNapa\u201d allows you to launch your browser and start coding your apps for Office and SharePoint and run them in the Office 365 Developer Site, the Office Web Apps or the Office rich client applications.<\/p>\n

As your application matures and you need more advanced tools, click the \u201cOpen in Visual Studio\u201d button to get the latest Office Developer Tools, open a copy of that project in Visual Studio and continue developing there.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Downloads<\/h3>\n

You will be able to try\/download these tools from the following pages:<\/p>\n

Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2013 \u2013 March 2014 Update<\/b><\/p>\n

Install it through \u2018Web Platform Installer<\/b>\u2019 available at https:\/\/aka.ms\/officedevtoolsforvs2013<\/a><\/p>\n

Microsoft Office 365 API Tools for Visual Studio 2013 \u2013 Preview<\/b><\/p>\n

Install it through \u2018Web Platform Installer<\/b>\u2019 available at https:\/\/aka.ms\/office365apitoolspreview<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cNapa<\/b>\u201d – http:\/\/dev.office.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n

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\u201cNapa\u201d: Coding in the browser! <\/h3>\n

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Other blogs and new resources:<\/p>\n

Office dev center home page<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/aa905340<\/a><\/p>\n

Apps for SharePoint<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-US\/office\/dn448479<\/a><\/p>\n

SharePoint for developers<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-US\/office\/dn448478<\/a><\/p>\n

Showcase: Contoso catalog app<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-US\/office\/dn594488<\/a><\/p>\n

Showcase: Contoso event coordinator app<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/dn594489<\/a><\/p>\n

Showcase: Contoso incubation search app<\/strong> <\/p>\n

http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/dn594490<\/a><\/p>\n

Developer Training – update<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/dn448488<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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