Introducing “Napa”
In sync with yesterday’s Office and SharePoint release, I’m happy to share that we released a preview of a new toolset called “Napa”, which is the easiest way to start building apps for the new Cloud App Model. As we set out to create developer tools for the new Cloud App Model, we took a fresh look at the overall solution we wanted to give to our customers. We wanted to provide a lightweight, in-browser experience, so that you could quickly build your SharePoint or Office web app in the same browser where they would run. Therefore, we created a first-class development environment called “Napa”, as an online companion to Visual Studio.
“Napa” is a free app for SharePoint. Since “Napa” is web based, you don’t need to install anything on your machine to start developing for Office and SharePoint. Just fire up your browser and start coding. As your application matures and you need more advanced tools, you can seamlessly switch to the more powerful, fully featured Visual Studio IDE, and continue developing there. To learn more about the latest advances in Visual Studio 2012 tooling for SharePoint, please visit MSDN.
Of course, in parallel with “Napa”, you can still continue using the existing extensibility models for Office and SharePoint, like VBA, COM, VSTO, and SharePoint solutions. (However, please note that these cannot be submitted to the new Office Store.)
Introducing “Napa”
In sync with yesterday’s Office and SharePoint release, I’m happy to share that we released a preview of a new toolset called “Napa”, which is the easiest way to start building apps for the new Cloud App Model. As we set out to create developer tools for the new Cloud App Model, we took a fresh look at the overall solution we wanted to give to our customers. We wanted to provide a lightweight, in-browser experience, so that you could quickly build your SharePoint or Office web app in the same browser where they would run. Therefore, we created a first-class development environment called “Napa”, as an online companion to Visual Studio.
“Napa” is a free app for SharePoint. Since “Napa” is web based, you don’t need to install anything on your machine to start developing for Office and SharePoint. Just fire up your browser and start coding. As your application matures and you need more advanced tools, you can seamlessly switch to the more powerful, fully featured Visual Studio IDE, and continue developing there. To learn more about the latest advances in Visual Studio 2012 tooling for SharePoint, please visit MSDN.
Of course, in parallel with “Napa”, you can still continue using the existing extensibility models for Office and SharePoint, like VBA, COM, VSTO, and SharePoint solutions. (However, please note that these cannot be submitted to the new Office Store.)
Introducing “Napa”
In sync with yesterday’s Office and SharePoint release, I’m happy to share that we released a preview of a new toolset called “Napa”, which is the easiest way to start building apps for the new Cloud App Model. As we set out to create developer tools for the new Cloud App Model, we took a fresh look at the overall solution we wanted to give to our customers. We wanted to provide a lightweight, in-browser experience, so that you could quickly build your SharePoint or Office web app in the same browser where they would run. Therefore, we created a first-class development environment called “Napa”, as an online companion to Visual Studio.
“Napa” is a free app for SharePoint. Since “Napa” is web based, you don’t need to install anything on your machine to start developing for Office and SharePoint. Just fire up your browser and start coding. As your application matures and you need more advanced tools, you can seamlessly switch to the more powerful, fully featured Visual Studio IDE, and continue developing there. To learn more about the latest advances in Visual Studio 2012 tooling for SharePoint, please visit MSDN.
Of course, in parallel with “Napa”, you can still continue using the existing extensibility models for Office and SharePoint, like VBA, COM, VSTO, and SharePoint solutions. (However, please note that these cannot be submitted to the new Office Store.)
Introducing “Napa”
In sync with yesterday’s Office and SharePoint release, I’m happy to share that we released a preview of a new toolset called “Napa”, which is the easiest way to start building apps for the new Cloud App Model. As we set out to create developer tools for the new Cloud App Model, we took a fresh look at the overall solution we wanted to give to our customers. We wanted to provide a lightweight, in-browser experience, so that you could quickly build your SharePoint or Office web app in the same browser where they would run. Therefore, we created a first-class development environment called “Napa”, as an online companion to Visual Studio.
“Napa” is a free app for SharePoint. Since “Napa” is web based, you don’t need to install anything on your machine to start developing for Office and SharePoint. Just fire up your browser and start coding. As your application matures and you need more advanced tools, you can seamlessly switch to the more powerful, fully featured Visual Studio IDE, and continue developing there. To learn more about the latest advances in Visual Studio 2012 tooling for SharePoint, please visit MSDN.
Of course, in parallel with “Napa”, you can still continue using the existing extensibility models for Office and SharePoint, like VBA, COM, VSTO, and SharePoint solutions. (However, please note that these cannot be submitted to the new Office Store.)
Introducing “Napa”
In sync with yesterday’s Office and SharePoint release, I’m happy to share that we released a preview of a new toolset called “Napa”, which is the easiest way to start building apps for the new Cloud App Model. As we set out to create developer tools for the new Cloud App Model, we took a fresh look at the overall solution we wanted to give to our customers. We wanted to provide a lightweight, in-browser experience, so that you could quickly build your SharePoint or Office web app in the same browser where they would run. Therefore, we created a first-class development environment called “Napa”, as an online companion to Visual Studio.
“Napa” is a free app for SharePoint. Since “Napa” is web based, you don’t need to install anything on your machine to start developing for Office and SharePoint. Just fire up your browser and start coding. As your application matures and you need more advanced tools, you can seamlessly switch to the more powerful, fully featured Visual Studio IDE, and continue developing there. To learn more about the latest advances in Visual Studio 2012 tooling for SharePoint, please visit MSDN.
Of course, in parallel with “Napa”, you can still continue using the existing extensibility models for Office and SharePoint, like VBA, COM, VSTO, and SharePoint solutions. (However, please note that these cannot be submitted to the new Office Store.)
