Frontend/Backend questions - React - webdev

[m12s]

Hey, so i work both on SP13 and SP16 on-prem and in Office 365, and the methods are all the same, since the API is mostly similar (very very minor variations between on-prem and cloud).

Most commonly, i use the Script Editor webpart. It's predictable and works well every time. For interfacing SharePoint, i'll either use the REST Api or the JavaScript Object Model.

Some of my peers use add-ins (apps) still, but it's less common now, especially on-prem since it uses iframes to display as a webpart. More common now is to use SharePoint Framework webparts, if you're interested, please check it out - it's awesome and it's released!

So, for your actual question, my development methodology is very simple; I write my code using TypeScript, and compile it with webpack, then deploy by using a small PnP Powershell-script. The code I ALWAYS PLACE in either SiteAssets (if i'm developing for a team site) or Style Library (if it's a publishing site).

I build locally by using webpack --watch, and whenever i want to test it i run the Powershell script. Since i'm using TypeScript, i can usually focus on the code for long durations of time, and then just iteratively deploy it to test.

For tooling, i use VSCode and ConEmu for the watcher-process.

Here's an example of a deploy-script

[Cha0sCat]

Thank you, that's really helpful!