Syncfusion JavaScript Library and the SharePoint Framework: A Powerful Combo
Tags: javascript, webdev, sharepoint, productivity
Published: 2020-06-22 11:51:41

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title: Syncfusion JavaScript Library and the SharePoint Framework: A Powerful Combo
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Cloud-based platforms are the present and future of app development. [Microsoft SharePoint](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SharePoint) is one of the cloud-based, collaborative web platforms commonly used to create a firm’s website, manage and transfer files, secure files from being edited by unauthorized users, etc. These features enhance an organization’s productivity, reduce the workforce, improve the workflow, and save time.

In this blog post, we are going to learn step by step how to create a SharePoint Framework (SPFx) application with the [Syncfusion JavaScript (Essential JS 2) library](https://www.syncfusion.com/javascript-ui-controls) in it using VS Code.

## Prerequisites

- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/)
- [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/)

## Set up development environment

First, create a client-side web part in the SharePoint Framework. To do so, please follow these steps:

**Step 1:** Create a new directory called  **ej2-sharepoint** , open the command prompt from that directory, and install the required SharePoint client-side development tools with a global flag.

On Windows:

| `npm install -g yo gulp @microsoft/generator-sharepoint` |

On OSX/LINUX:

| `sudo npm install -g yo gulp @microsoft/generator-sharepoint` |

**Note:** The Yeoman SharePoint web part generator [@microsoft/generator-sharepoint](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@microsoft/generator-sharepoint) helps to create a SharePoint client-side project.

**Step 2** : Then, create a new client-side web part by running the following Yeoman SharePoint Generator command line.

| `yo @microsoft/sharepoint` |

**Step 3:** Set up the following options after the previous command is executed:

1. Accept the default  **ej-2-sharepoint** as your solution name and then select the  **Enter ** key.
2. Choose **SharePoint Online only (latest)** and select **Enter**.
3. Choose **Use the current folder**  to place the files in the current location and select  **Enter**.
4. You’ll be asked: Do you want to allow the tenant admin the choice of being able to deploy the solution to all sites immediately without running any feature deployment or adding apps in sites? (Y/N). Choose **No**.
5. You’ll be asked: Will the components in the solution require permissions to access web APIs that are unique and not shared with other components in the tenant? (Y/N). Choose **No****.**
6. Choose  **WebPart** as the client-side component type to be created.

**Step 4:** Next, it will ask for the specific information about the web part:

1. Accept the  **GridComponent**  as your web part name, and then press the  **Enter ** key.
2. Accept the default  **GridComponent**  **description** as your web part description and select **Enter**.
3. Accept the default  **No javascript framework** as the framework and select  **Enter**.  
Please refer to the following screenshot for clear information.

![Questions asked regarding the Webpart](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Questions-asked-regarding-the-Webpart.png)After configuring this setup, the Yeoman generator will create the SharePoint client-side web part in the  **ej2-sharepoint**  folder and install the required default dependencies.

## Configure Syncfusion JavaScript UI control in application

**Step 1:** Install the [@syncfusion/ej2](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@syncfusion/ej2) npm package in the application using the following command line.

| `npm install @syncfusion/ej2 --save` |

**Step 2:** Open the SharePoint application in Visual Studio Code and add the Syncfusion JavaScript Grid control script and styles in the  **~/src/webparts/gridComponent/GridComponentWebPart.ts file**.

1. 
  1. Import the Grid source and add the Syncfusion JavaScript style reference at the top of the file.
  2. Add the DIV element in  **this.domElement.innerHTML** and initialize the Syncfusion JavaScript Grid in the **render() **method of the **GridComponentWebPart** class like in the following code example.

```js 
 
import styles from './GridComponentWebPart.module.scss';
import * as strings from 'GridComponentWebPartStrings';
 
// import Essential JS 2 Grid
import { Grid } from '@syncfusion/ej2-grids;
 
// add Syncfusion Essential JS 2 style reference from node_modules
require('../../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2/fabric.css');
 
....
....
 
export default class GridComponentWebPart extends BaseClientSideWebPart <IGridComponentWebPartProps> {
 
  public render(): void {
    this.domElement.innerHTML = `
      <div class="${ styles.gridComponent }">
            ....
            ....
 
        <!--HTML DIV element, which is going to render as Essential JS 2 Grid-->
        <div id="Grid"> </div>
        </div>`;
 
        // initialize data for grid
let data: Object[] = [
    {
        OrderID: 10248, ShipName: 'Vins et alcools Chevalier', ShipCity: 'Reims'
    },
    {
        OrderID: 10249, ShipName: 'Toms Spezialitäten', ShipCity: 'Münster'
    },
    {
        OrderID: 10250, ShipName: 'Hanari Carnes', ShipCity: 'Rio de Janeiro'
    }]
 
    // initialize grid control
    let grid: Grid = new Grid({
    dataSource: data});
    // render initialized grid
    grid.appendTo('#Grid');
    }
 
    ....
    ....
 
}
```

**Step 3:** Run the application using the following command line, and then the Syncfusion JavaScript Grid control will render in your web browser.

| `gulp serve` |

**Step 4:** Click the  **Add a new web part in column one** button like in the following screenshot.  
 ![Click the Add a new web part in column one button](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Click-the-Add-a-new-web-part-in-column-one-button.png)

**Step 5:** Select the  **GridComponent ** web part as shown in the following screenshot.  
 ![Select the GridComponent web part](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Select-the-GridComponent-web-part.png)

Finally, the Syncfusion JavaScript Grid control is rendered in your SharePoint Framework client-side web part.

![Output showing Syncfusion JavaScript Grid control rendered in SharePoint Framework client-side web part](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Output-showing-Syncfusion-JavaScript-Grid-control-rendered-in-SharePoint-Framework-client-side-web-part.png)You can easily access the Essential JS 2 library through the custom SharePoint ButtonComponent.

You can also download this complete project from [this GitHub repository](https://github.com/SyncfusionExamples/ej2-and-sharepoint).

## Conclusion

In this blog, we learned the steps to configure [Essential JS 2](https://www.syncfusion.com/javascript-ui-controls) in your SharePoint Framework application. For more information, you can also refer to this [documentation](https://ej2.syncfusion.com/documentation/getting-started/sharepoint/) page. The same procedure can be followed to include any other Essential JS 2 control in an SPFx application.

Syncfusion has over 65 high-performance, lightweight, modular, and responsive UI components in a [single package](https://www.syncfusion.com/javascript-ui-controls) for JavaScript. All these components are available in other frameworks:

- [Angular](https://www.syncfusion.com/angular-ui-components)
- [React](https://www.syncfusion.com/react-ui-components)
- [Vue](https://www.syncfusion.com/vue-ui-components)

If you’re already a Syncfusion user, you can download the product setup from [our website](https://www.syncfusion.com/account/downloads). Otherwise, you can download a free, 30-day trial [here](https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/wpf/).

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