#comdaybe

Building search-driven Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 apps for SharePoint

Server 2013RealDolmen

Joris Poelmans

About me• Work at RealDolmen• Principal consultant and product

manager

• SharePoint Server MVP since 2005• Active in Belux Information Worker

User Group – www.biwug.be

• Blog: http://jopx.blogspot.com

• E-mail: joris.poelmans@gmail.com

• Twitter: @jopxtwits

• www.slideshare.net/jplq631

Agenda

• Cloud App Model Overview• Phone 8 Development Basics for

SP2013• Search explained• Windows 8 Search App

Cloud App Model Overview

Why building WP8 and W8 apps for SP2013 is easier...

Vision: Modernizing the Office Platform

Today’s Market Today’s Trends Our Principles

The result: a new cloud app model

Build a new class of apps that extend and personalize the waywe create and consume information right from within Office and SharePoint

SharePoint

SharePoint 2007

Sandbox

SharePoint 2010

SharePoint

Azure, IIS, LAMP, etc…

_api

SharePoint 2013

App Model: Past, Present and Future

Mobile Apps and SharePoint

• List Apps• OOB List• Custom Lists• External Lists

• General Apps• Silverlight CSOM

• Possible to use push notifications and geolocation field

Security

• Supported authentication• Form based authentication• Office 365/SP Online• Basic

• Cross firewall connectivity• Unified Access Gateway (UAG) SP3• Alternate Access Mappings

Phone development basics

How to get started – the tools and environments

SharePoint Development Environment

• Available options:• Use Office

365/SharePoint Online• Windows Azure VMs• Local virtual machine

• Windows Server 2008 R2/2012• SQL 2008 R2/2012• 12 GB RAM minimum see

Hardware and software requirements for SharePoint 2013 -http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485.aspx

SharePoint Server 2013 is not supported

on client operating systems

Phone Development Environment• Supported environments:

• Windows 7/8 and VS 2010 or 2012• SharePoint 2013 Client Components SDK - http://

www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35585

• SharePoint SDK for WP8 - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36818• 2 new templates (C# only)

– Empty SharePoint Application template– SharePoint List Application template

• Specific references for interacting with SharePoint– Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Phone– Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Phone.Auth.UI– Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Phone.Runtime

• List application uses MVVM pattern

Client Side Object Model (CSOM)• API for building remote

applications• Similar to Server OM• Introduced in 2010• 3 implementations:

• .NET Managed, Silverlight (plus Phone), Javascript

• Uses /_vti_bin/client.svc

• Communication is done in batches

CSOM in 2013 – What’s new

• Extended with REST capabilities• Direct access from REST clients• Implemented in accordance with ODATA

• New APIs for SharePoint Server• UserProfiles,Search,Taxonomy,Workflow,

eDiscovery, IRM,Analytics, Business Data

• New API for Windows Phone Applications

demoWP8 SharePoint Apps

Phone Developer Experience

• Windows Phone SharePoint List Application• Launches a wizard• Select List• Select View• Select Operations• Select Fields• Project is created

VS Project FilesKey File DescriptionApp.xaml Handles application lifetime

DisplayForm.xaml Defines the UI for displaying a list item on the phone

EditForm.xaml Defines the UI for editing a list item on the phone

NewForm.xaml Defines the UI for creating a new list item on the phone

List.xaml Defines the UI for the All Items view on the phone

ListViewModel Data source for the All Items view

DisplayFormViewModel

Data source for the display item view

EditFormViewModel Data source for the edit item view

NewFormViewModel Data source for the new item view

DataCache Supports data caching and off-line access

Search explained

What’s new in 2013 and how can you use it

Microsoft’s goals for search in SharePoint 2013

Find Answer ExtendFind what you’re looking for with intelligent results tailored to you

Get answers and take action with an experience that’s always a step ahead

Build smarter/no-code applications that can scale for any need or business requirement

Search 2013 – Main improvements• New clean user interface with focus on

providing actionable search results• One unified search architecture supported by

strong analytics. Consolidation of FAST and Enterprise Search components

• Personalized search results based on search history. Full control over ranking, sorting, etc … using query rules

• Easier to extend and configure the search user experience. Rich contextual previews.

Query rules

demoSearch in 2013

Drill to the detail inside documents to help you find answers

Re-find information based on your historical search behavior

Get recommendations based on your search query

Discover experts based on their interests or past projects

Refine your search based on keywords

Search and CSOM/REST• CSOM

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Search.dll or SP.Search.js• KeywordQuery and SearchExecutor

• REST API• GET• /_api/search?queryText=‘<query>’

var query = new KeyWordQuery(context);query.QueryText = “ComDayBe”;

var exec = new SearchExecutor(context);var results = exec.ExecuteQuery(exec);

CSOM:var call = $.ajax({ url: “http://sp2013/_api/search/query?querytext=‘sp2013’,type: “GET”,dataType: “json”,headers: { Accept: “application/json;odata=verbose”}});

Javascript

REST:

demoSearch from WP8 with CSOM

Building a Windows 8 Search App and

What’s new in 2013 and how can you use it

demoSearch from W8 with CSOM

Windows 8 (WinJS) and CSOM

• Use separate WinRT Component

• ClientResult is not a valid WinRT parameter type – use arrays

• Check that correct capabilities are enabled

• Do not use nested classesSimilar implementation with Social on http://jopx.blogspot.be/2013/04/building-windows-8-app-for-sharepoint.html

Leverage Windows 8 Search Contract• App Declarations• Package.appxmanifest

Declarations Search

• SearchPane Event Handlers• Windows.ApplicationMod

el.Search.SearchPane• QuerySubmitted event• SuggestionsRequested

event

SharePoint 2013 API Stack

Search REST APIs

• _api/search/query• _api/search/postquery• _api/search/suggestions

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nadeemis/archive/2012/08/24/sharepoint-2013-search-rest-api.aspx

Summary

• Search CSOM and REST APIs allow you to extend your apps with SP2013 search

• SP2013 can handle search intent using query rules

• Focus on specific search personas and business scenarios

• Check out jopx.blogspot.com for code samples

Thank you!