How to Build a Company Timeline using Bootstrap and WordPess REST API

How to Build a Company Timeline using Bootstrap and WordPess REST API

So our Company wanted to build a Timeline. One that shows our projects throughout the years, decades even. One that is sleek, modern and responsive. We’re already running WordPress, and have Bootstrap installed. So this shouldn’t be too bad. It turns out – it was a pretty fun project to build. Our in house designers […]

Build a SharePoint Single-Page App using nothing but Front-End Code

Build a SharePoint Single-Page App using nothing but Front-End Code

For this session, I would like to show you how to build a “mini” single page application in SharePoint 2013. A single page application that is ALL Front-end code (JavaScript, HTML and CSS); while using SP’s REST services. We’re also using Bootstrap for the responsiveness and tab interface, Handlebars for the templating, as well as […]

Build a Better Photo Gallery for SharePoint using REST and Handlebars

Build a Better Photo Gallery for SharePoint using REST and Handlebars

Working with SharePoint’s REST API is pretty cool. Lately, I’ve been writing plenty of applications where the entire CRUD is involved; all using SharePoint lists behind the scenes. Meaning, the entire front end is entirely up to me to build. This way, I can use different JavaScript libraries and frameworks when building these interfaces. Note […]

Understanding SharePoint’s REST and Search API Part 1 – Selecting Items

Understanding SharePoint’s REST and Search API Part 1 – Selecting Items

SharePoint 2013 has a REST API that exposes plenty of information about users, lists and document libraries. For front end developers, this is a gold mine. A gold mine because of two things: 1) SharePoint’s out of the box UI is pretty bad, and 2) SharePoint’s out of the box UI is pretty bad. Update […]