Chapter 12: SharePoint Framework

The method of SharePoint development has gone through many iterations since SharePoint 2007. In SharePoint 2007, farm solutions were all the rage. Developers had free rein to create what they wanted – the custom solutions they needed with full integration with services running on the farm. However, this did not come without risk because farm solutions could in fact bring the entire farm to a halt. Next, in SharePoint 2010, we saw the rise of the sandbox solution, which still allowed developers to create customized solutions but limited the scope of the development and the impact on the site collection. Now, of course, we have SharePoint's client-side development, which includes add-in model script infusion and is now the newest of all the SharePoint frameworks.

Although we have seen some very much necessary changes throughout the versions of SharePoint over the years, there are some updates within SharePoint 2019 that put this platform...