Visual Studio 2012 combined with SharePoint 2013 provides a robust and comprehensive set of development tools for SharePoint applications. Whether you decide to create a SharePoint-hosted, Provider-hosted or Autohosted application, the options and publishing tools available in Visual Studio make packaging and publishing your application package a straightforward process.
For organizations and individuals looking to build an application just for themselves or provide a curated set of applications to their users, then the private app catalog provides a seamless way to publish those applications. Chapter 8, “Distributing SharePoint 2013 Apps,” discusses the options available to publish applications to a wider audience with the app store or Marketplace in SharePoint Online.
WHAT YOU LEARNED IN THIS CHAPTER
ITEM | DESCRIPTION |
App Catalog | This is a private catalog of selected applications deployed by an administrator and installable in a site. |
App Package | This is the packaging and file format for SharePoint apps. |
Database Package | This contains the SQL Azure deployment package that deploys and creates a database as part of an Autohosted app deployment, and might include post deployment scripts to populate tables with data. |
Manifest | This is an app package that contains important information such as the app’s name and version. |
SharePoint Solution Package | This contains XML-based declarations for SharePoint components such as lists and content types that should be deployed as part of the app. |
Web Deploy Package | This is the code portion of your app. It is the package that will be deployed to Azure as part of an Autohosted app. |
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