Learning Search-driven Application Development with SharePoint 2013

Johnny Tordgeman

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781782171003
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Entreprise Applications
• Index: Computer Science

In Detail

SharePoint 2013 feels like a of fresh air, offering many new features and changes over older versions. Among these new features is a completely revamped search engine. "Learning Search-driven Application Development with SharePoint 2013" is a quick-start guide to creating search-driven applications using the new and exciting features that have revolutionized the SharePoint enterprise search experience.

"Learning Search-driven Application Development with SharePoint 2013" is a fast-paced, practical, hands-on guide to the world of enterprise search in SharePoint 2013. With step-by-step tutorials and real-world examples, this book will give you a head start creating fresh and exciting search-driven applications using SharePoint 2013's new search engine.

"Learning Search-driven Application Development with SharePoint 2013" is an accelerated way to create search-driven applications for SharePoint 2013. By covering the basics first and gradually covering all search related topics, this book will be your guide through the world of SharePoint's enterprise search.

Furthermore, you will learn how to use the powerful feature of Query Rules to create smart conditions that help respond to user's search queries intelligently. We will also discuss how to style search results and make them stand out, how to index external content so it will be searchable using SharePoint's powerful search engine, and how to use the new client side search APIs, which will allow us to take advantage of search in Apps, the new development model for SharePoint 2013.

After reading Learning Search-driven Application Development with SharePoint 2013, you will understand what it takes to create applications that use search as a content provider. Using applications that are based on real world examples and step-by-step tutorials, you'll get hands-on experience in developing search driven applications.

Approach

A fast paced, practical guide, filled with code examples and demonstrations of enterprise search using SharePoint 2013.

Who this book is for

This book is written for SharePoint and JavaScript developers who want to get started with SharePoint search and create search-driven applications. The book assumes working knowledge with previous versions of SharePoint and some experience with JavaScript and client side development.

Learning Search-driven Application Development with SharePoint 2013

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Learning Search-driven Application Development with SharePoint 2013

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About the Author

About the Reviewer

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Getting Started with SharePoint 2013 Search

New features of SharePoint 2013 Search

Search administration

UI changes and customization

Relevance and ranking features

New development methods

The search architecture

Content components

Crawl component

Content-processing component

Query components

Web frontend

Query processing component

The index component

Analytics processing component

Summary

2. Using the Out of the Box Search Components

Getting acquainted with result sources

Learning query rules

Creating query rules

Setting the result source

Setting query conditions

Query Matches Dictionary Exactly

Query More Common in Source

Result Type Commonly Clicked

Advanced Query Text Match

Setting the action

Promoted result

Result block

Change ranked results by changing the query

Using the content search web part

Building a simple search-driven application

Adding content

Creating the result source

Creating a search vertical

Adding a query rule

Summary

3. Using the New CSOM and RESTful APIs

Understanding the Keyword Query Language

The basics

Property restrictions

XRANK

Synonyms

Using the new client-side APIs

RESTful API

REST and SharePoint 2013

Using REST

REST and search

Client Side Object Model (CSOM)

CSOM and search

A SharePoint-hosted app

A provider hosted app

An autohosted app

Publishing an app

Building a SharePoint-hosted search-driven app

Create task apps (lists)

Understanding the requirements

Building the app

Summary

4. Customizing the Look

Result types and design templates

Display templates

Result types

Styling results in a Content Search Web Part

Creating a custom display template

Getting the new properties

Getting the values of the new properties

Displaying the new properties

Enriching the Video Games Search Center

Modifying the default image display template

Creating the result type

Summary

5. Extending Beyond SharePoint

BCS for search

BCS and search

Building a BCS search connector

Setting the operations

Implementing the ReadList method

Implementing the ReadItem method

Making the BCS model crawlable

Creating a search content source

Summary

Index

Learning Search-driven Application Development with SharePoint 2013

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Credits

Author

Johnny Tordgeman

Reviewer

Samuel Zuercher [MVP]

Acquisition Editor

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Commissioning Editor

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About the Author

Johnny Tordgeman is the CTO of E4D Solutions Ltd., a boutique development and consulting firm in Israel. Johnny specializes in architecting enterprise-level solutions built on top of Microsoft's SharePoint platform. Johnny utilizes the latest in web technology and methodology in his solutions, such as HTML5, SPA, and MVC4.

Johnny is the author of MCTS: Microsoft Silverlight 4 Development (70-506) Certification Guide, Packt Publishing, which was published in 2012.

Johnny is a skilled lecturer and a Microsoft-certified trainer and can be found speaking at various conferences, open houses, and user groups.

You can always find Johnny at http://blog.johnnyt.me, on Twitter at @JTordgeman, and on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnnytor.

I would like to dedicate this book to my son Roy and wife Ayelet. You two are my source of inspiration and the best family I could have ever hoped for.

First and foremost, I would like to thank Meeta Rajani and Sneha Modi, my amazing editors. Without your help and support, this book wouldn't have happened!

My dear family – Itzik, Varda, Yuval, and Shirly, and friends – Idan, Yossi, Rani, Leon, Niv, Guy, Tal, Eyal, Itay, and Tung (Tony) Pham. Thank you for the moral support and late nights we spent together. This book and I owe a great deal to all of you.

About the Reviewer

Samuel Zuercher [MVP] (SharePoint MVP since 2011) works as a Senior Consultant at Experts Inside, Switzerland, an international company he founded with another SharePoint MVP, Christian Glessner. He has been working with SharePoint since early 2006 and has in-depth knowledge from Version 2.0 onward. He also holds certifications for every SharePoint version ...

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