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SharePoint Development with the SharePoint Framework

You're reading from   SharePoint Development with the SharePoint Framework Design and implement state-of-the-art customizations for SharePoint

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787121430
Length 386 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jussi Roine Jussi Roine
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Olli Jääskeläinen Olli Jääskeläinen
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Preface 1. Introducing SharePoint Online for Developers FREE CHAPTER 2. Developing Solutions for SharePoint 3. Getting Started with the SharePoint Framework 4. Building Your First Web Part 5. Using Visual Studio Code and Other Editors 6. Packaging and Deploying Solutions 7. Working with SharePoint Content 8. Working with the Web Part Property Pane 9. Using React and Office UI Fabric React Components 10. Working with Other JavaScript Frameworks 11. Troubleshooting and Debugging SharePoint Framework Solutions 12. SharePoint APIs and Microsoft Graph 13. The Future of SharePoint Customizations

Building smarter controls

In simple web parts like this, we should keep the JavaScript payload low. This means that, when you are building a web part with a few fields and simple communication needs, we don't need Angular or React or even jQuery, as you can see. However, as business requirements for the user experience grow, the need for third-party frameworks and libraries increases. The subject is covered in detail in Chapter 9, Using React and Office UI Fabric React Components, and Chapter 10, Working with Different JavaScript Frameworks and 3rd Party Frameworks.

Simple requirements can be addressed with simple solutions. For example, if we want to change the behavior of our web part so that it doesn't allow clicking of the Send button when there is no text in the text field, we can make the following changes.

In the render function, just before the function ends, add the following line:

button.disabled = true; 

Then, replace the setComment function with the following:

private...
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