Useful SharePoint answers, trial and error SharePoint experience blogged
Sitecollection App Catalog error: Cannot find resource for the request
The SharePoint online ALM deploy to site collection app catalog throws error: Cannot find resource for the request.
Unit Test your SharePoint Framework solution with Jest
Setup and use the PnP SPFx-Jest-Enzyme-Sinon unit testing starter kit as unit testing framework with your SPFx web parts or extensions.
Add SharePoint web part on modern page before the solution is deployed
Do you know that you can use PnP-Sites-Core to add SharePoint Framework web part on modern site page before the SPFx solution package is being deployed?
SharePoint Framework performance optimization list
This is a guide created by me and a colleague of mine, Xiyuan Zeng from Spanish point, both with extensive SharePoint experience. It is basically our experience shared in a list. It is the recommended performance document for the two teams I am currently working with.
Track page hits with SharePoint Framework and App Insights
Page hits in SharePoint modern Communication sites using Application Insights and configurable App Customizer
24 catchen, raspberry p3 cat feeder
IoT, raspberry p3 cat feeder created due to the need that something has to feed my cats, because I live more than 2500 kms away. This is one of my most successful projects and still runs with almost no interruption.
Lock SharePoint column, make field ReadOnly or ReadOnlyEnforced
Prevent modifying a SharePoint List specific column from end user by setting it to read only or read only enforced. Quick guide on how to it setup and what is actually the difference between the two options.
SharePoint Framework Slide Swiper
This SPFx React web part sample demonstrates mobile touch slide swiper. By default the web part is responsive, has cross device and browser touch support and uses paging, but additional features like navigation, auto play, loop of the slides and more can be enabled from the web part properties panel. The react slide swiper web part can be used as carousel as well. The slides or cards template can easily be customized.
PnPPowerShell tips and tricks
The problem is that many developers are using PowerShell to write C# code in a different way. We should use it as automation tool able to do more with fewer lines of code. That post is about SharePoint PnP PowerShell short spinets for my own quick reference, but also shared with the world.
How to set up DateTime Managed Property in SharePoint Online
Assuming that your SharePoint custom list metadata is created as Site Columns and there is some content stored in those columns, SharePoint Search will automatically create Managed Properties for those columns and you will be able to use them in your solution without any manual effort. However all the automatically managed properties are added as of type text or boolean which is not always ideal you would like to take the advantage of KQL filtering by date or further refinement.