Beginning SharePoint 2013 Development

UNDERSTANDING THE THREE APPS FOR SHAREPOINT DEPLOYMENT MODELS

Because SharePoint 2013 is moving in the direction of the cloud, there are three new types of deployment models available to help you achieve this goal for the Apps for SharePoint:

• SharePoint-hosted
• Autohosted
• Provider-hosted

Each one of these types of deployment models possesses characteristics that make it ideal for different types of app development. The following sections examine the deployment models in greater detail.

SharePoint-Hosted

The SharePoint-hosted deployment type represents a way to deploy client-side, lightweight apps to SharePoint 2013. The easiest way to think about the SharePoint-hosted app is as an application that has no server-side code. It is an application made up of static application files or pages that reside on your SharePoint tenancy or instance. Think of HTML and JavaScript files that enable client-side coding. When users access the SharePoint-hosted app, they are redirected to the page that contains your application. The SharePoint-hosted deployment type is good for lighter-weight apps such as branded list views, media apps, or weather apps.

If you decide to leverage the SharePoint-hosted deployment model, then you are limited to code that does not run on the server. However, also know that client-side applications can be quite powerful. For example, you can still use Silverlight with SharePoint 2013, and as mentioned, you also can take advantage of HTML (more specifically the newer ...