Microsoft SharePoint 2013: Developer Reference

Chapter 8. SharePoint apps

Without doubt, the biggest news of Microsoft SharePoint 2013 is the new app model, with which you can create apps and publish them in a public marketplace or corporate app catalog. You can use the app model on Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint Online or in on-premises solutions. For example, you can create a custom app that addresses a common need and sell it worldwide to millions of users through the Microsoft Office Store. The main goal of this new app model is to enable developers to customize and extend SharePoint sites without full-trust access to the target farm. This goal adheres perfectly to the cloud-computing offering model and philosophy. In this chapter, you will tour the app model architecture, as well ...