SPFx (SharePoint Framework) is Microsoft’s current framework for building client-side web parts and extensions with TypeScript and React. The basic shape of getting started hasn’t changed, but two real pieces of the toolchain have (the build tooling and the way you test locally) and a lot of “getting started” guides still show the old versions.
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Modern SharePoint has no equivalent of the classic Script Editor web part. That’s a deliberate security decision, not a missing feature. Custom script is blocked by default on every modern site, and the workarounds people reach for come with real governance consequences that go beyond “test your code first.” This post covers what’s actually blocked,
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In this post: Overview · Expand with REST API · Property Internal Names · Expanding a multi-value Person field · Setting a Person field: the other direction · A missing email address breaks the expand · Expanding People metadata with PnP · Related reading Overview One of the very useful metadata types is People. Using
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In this post: Why do we need to check for external users? · The Problem · The Solution · Which of the 3 methods should you actually use? · Solution Screenshots · Doing the same check outside SPFx, in Power Automate · Related reading Why do we need to check for external users in SharePoint?
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In this post: What is SharePoint PageContext? · How to access SharePoint PageContext? · SharePoint PageContext in Table · How useful is the SharePoint PageContext? · Turning the list into actual code · Related reading What is SharePoint PageContext? SharePoint PageContext provides standard definitions for SharePoint objects shared between client-side applications, web parts, and other
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