SPFx Developer Tools Setup

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 Developer Tools Setup

                 We will install below tools to create SPFx webparts


1. Node JS 

           To download Node.js:

https://nodejs.org/ > download > Previous Releases > select latest LTS version file(v14) > click relevant MSI file then download & install.

(Note: LTS->Long Term Support version for SPFx, Please check latest version and install)

 2. Code Editor           

           Visual studio code, Atom, etc… are the some tools used as a code editor

To Download Visual studio code ->https://code.visualstudio.com/ > Download & Install

Here “Visual studio code” is builds by github community so it is recommended

3. Yeoman and gulp

            In "command prompt run this following comment to install Yeoman & Gulp

            npm install -g yo gulp

4. Yeoman SharePoint generator

           In "command prompt run this following comment to install Yeoman SharePoint generator

            npm install -g @microsoft/generator-sharepoint


SharePoint Online Management Shell

 It’s a powershell for O365, cmd prompt


Know your versions:

Before starting the code we should aware which version we are using.

Node.JS version -> node -v
SPFx version -> npm ls -g -depth=0  


What is?

Node JS 

    Cross platform “JavaScript runtime environment” for hosting js code

NPM

    Package manager for Node.js, similar to Nuget (included along with Node.js install). 

    Npm Registry: https://www.npsjs.com

Yeoman

    Scaffolding tool for modern webapps. (Creates structure for the project based on our input.)

            It has plug-in called Yeoman SharePoint generator for SPFx

            It does downloading and configuring required tool chain Components for the project

Gulp

    JavaScript Task runner

It automate Common tasks like -> Compiling, Packaging, starting Test Process, etc



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