Programming Microsoft Office 365: Covers Microsoft Graph, Office 365 applications, SharePoint Add-ins, Office 365 Groups, and more

Chapter 2. Overview of Office 365 development

In Chapter 1, “Microsoft Office 365: A quick tour,” you got a general overview of Microsoft Office 365 and of all the services that enrich it. Because this book targets developers, this chapter will give you an overview of the main areas of development and customization of Office 365. Moreover, you will see some of the most useful tools available on the market, most of them made by the community of Office 365 developers, to realize the potential of the platform.

Setting up your development environment

First of all, to develop solutions for Office 365, you need to set up your development environment. One piece of great news in the Office 365 development world is that you don’t need to install any ...