Introduction to SharePoint Framework

SharePoint Framework, commonly known as SPFx, was first introduced in May 2016 alongside the modern SharePoint Online. SharePoint Framework is a modern, client-side web development platform for developing applications and extending SharePoint Online, but also Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Viva, Outlook, and Microsoft 365 apps (Office). On-premises versions of SharePoint are also supported, but not covered in this book. Applications and extensions developed with SPFx are run on the browser and can have access to different REST APIs, such as SharePoint REST API or Microsoft Graph, which is a unified REST API for accessing Microsoft Cloud.

SharePoint Framework supports modern development tools and JavaScript development frameworks, such as React, Handlebars, and Vue.js. Developer tools are based on open-source client-side development tools such as NPM (Node Package Manager), TypeScript, and Yeoman. The development environment doesn’t require...