With the release of SPFx v1.22.0, Microsoft has moved the default toolchain from Gulp to Heft. This article provides a quick start guide to setting up a new SPFx development environment using Heft as the toolchain. If you are new to SPFx or just want to set up a new environment, this guide will walk you through the necessary steps.
It’s been a while since I posted, but with SPFx v1.22.0 due out in the next couple of weeks, I decided to make a final update to this article on how to get started with SPFx using the Gulp toolchain. In case you haven’t heard, v1.22.0 will no longer use Gulp as it is being replaced with Heft. The main reason for this change is that the Gulp toolchain has been very difficult to keep up-to-date, and the internal engineering teams at Microsoft switched to Heft a while back. Since they are actively maintaining Heft for their own use, we will now benefit from that work.
Expect a companion post soon on getting started with SPFx using the Heft toolchain.
DEPRECATED: This article has been updated. Please see the latest version at SharePoint Framework (SPFx) Quick Start (Gulp toolchain for SPFx v1.21.0 and earlier)
This article left in place for historical reference.
updated from 2022-01-22
I am thrilled to announce I was selected to speak at this year’s Microsoft 365 Conference in Las Vegas on April 30th-May 5. This is always one of the premier conferences, with a large supporting cast from Microsoft and the MVP community. I am really looking forward to connecting with attendees and learning how they are using Microsoft technology to make the world better.
As I came to update this post with my latest banner (that includes a code for $100 off at registration,) I decided to have some fun and see what BingGPT had to say about the event and my participation. Here are the results, straight from BingGPT!
I recently took the certification renewal appraisal and passed! This used to be the certification earned with the passing of MS-600 exam titled “Building Applications and Solutions with Microsoft 365 Core Services.” The certification was orignially called the “Microsoft 365 Developer Associate” certification, but is now called “Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Application Developer Associate.”
Originally, I heard that recertifications would be via an exam that was just like the original exam, but not as long. Apparently the process has changed since then and the current process is to take a recertification exam, but not like normal certification exams. There was no cost, no time limit, and if you didn’t pass, you could take the exam again. I remember reading that after the 2nd failure, you would need to wait 24 hours before re-attempting the exam.
Wow! After several attempts, I was finally selected to speak at this year’s European Collaboration Summit (ECS) in Düsseldorf, Germany! This is considered by many to be the premier conference on Microsoft 365 and relate technologies and I have wanted to attend or speak for several years. (Full disclosure, I was selected to co-present in 2021, but Covid-19 caused the conference to be cancelled.)
At ECS, I will be presenting a session titled “Simplify SharePoint Development with Containers”. In this session, we will explore how containers can be used to reduce some of the pain points associated with needing multiple development environment available on a single device. We will look at both Docker Desktop and Github Codepsaces and how to automate environment setup right from your project solution.
