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Deployment Development jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services (SPServices)
 

jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services (SPServices) Hot

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Developer CodePlex Open Source
Supports MOSS 2007 • WSS v3
Website http://spservices.codeplex.com/

The jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services is a jQuery library which abstracts SharePoint's Web Services and makes them easier to use. It also includes functions which use the various Web Service operations to provide more useful (and cool) capabilities.



SharePoint's Web Services allow you to interact directly with SharePoint objects such as lists and webs without deploying any server-side code. The various Web Service operations can be built together into more full-featured functionality that can provide real value to SharePoint users.


The jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services includes not only jQuery "wrappers" for the most commonly used Web Services and their operations, but also value-added functions that let you add functionality to forms and pages with very little work.


Download jQuery Library for SharePoint here


 

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Power of SharePoint web services in the Browser

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Javascript is a powerful client-side scripting language that allows a developer to do some great things at the presentation layer. jQuery is a robust library that allows a quasi-developer / super user to walk through the DOM with simple commands that wield incredible Javascript power.

The jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services (SPServices) bundles into jQuery the vast methods and massive amounts of data contained within SharePoint. This box isn't big enough to mine all that wealth the last sentence contains. But, suffice it to say: everything that SharePoint knows about itself is exposed through its built-in web services. SPServices puts that knowledge at the fingertips of the user / site administrator / library maintainer.

Need the profile of the current user? There's a web service for that. Need list data from another site collection? There's a web service for that. Need permissions information, version data, alerts, etc.? There's a web service for that.

Need to WRITE data to a list, UPDATE permissions, MANAGE document workspaces and meetings, CREATE sites? There are web services for that. And they're ALL exposed through this library. Want to create a form that walks a user through creating a site based on your company's governance plan?

You could do that through SPServices. And never touch Visual Studio.

Sliced bread. Pocket on a shirt. Indoor plumbing. A thousand songs in your pocket. Yes, SPServices is that revolutionary.

Product Reviews

Pros Easy to implement
Easy to understand
Lightning fast customer service and responsiveness
Robust new functionality rolled into every new release
Incredible reach, even for the barely technical user
Cons Marc can't do it all alone. The library he's created is massive and phenomenal, but other will have some ideas on making it better and we all need them to pitch in.
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Reviewed By Jim Bob Howard
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Reviewed by Jim Bob Howard
November 20, 2010

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Average user rating from: 5 user(s)

 
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Sweet

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful
Cascading dropdowns are awesome.
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Reviewed by Matt
March 18, 2011
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Elegant and powerful

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I have been using this library for 3 months, on a project where we were limited to Sharepoint Designer and clientside code.

I stumbled across this library when looking for problem fixes (for multi-select boxes and cascade filtering dropdowns). However the range of Utilities & web service calls available has meant that this has become my most-used Toolset.

This library has enabled us to build and release a 700 user forms-based site (including finding a workable solution for filtering a 5000 row look-up).

Many thanks to Marc and team for providing such a well-documented Codeplex toolset and for the amazing level of support.

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Pros No Server code to install or Server admin rights required
SharePoint Designer-friendly tools
Can even be used if you only have a web browser + designer/site owner level access
Cons You might get inspired to scale down your Javascript and learn some Jquery
Version Reviewed SPServices 0.5.7
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Reviewed by Ruth Jennaway
October 21, 2010
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Great client-side tool

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
This is a great tool for those who wish to improve the usability of their sharepoint site or build sharepoint solutions for business needs without having to learn to code. I use it almost every day. Kudos to Marc Anderson for building this.

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Pros No server installation needed
Great aid to power users, no code developers
Cons None
Version Reviewed 0.5.6
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Reviewed by Keith Hudson
October 08, 2010
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jQuery truly for everyone

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I have just started to use some of the parts of the library, but the parts I have been using have made coding so simple even I can do it ;o)

I really like the value-added functions such as SPDisplayRelatedInfo and SPCascadeDropdowns.

Also I am amazed over the great support given by Marc!

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Pros Very useful and easy to use
Good documentation
Well supported
Version Reviewed 0.4.7
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Reviewed by Lisa
February 08, 2010
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Excellent use of core technology

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
I have used nearly all parts of the library to accomplish one thing or the other. The library has been very useful in producing LOB applications quickly all while allowing the flexibility of avoiding the quagmire of having to go through the Dev team to get the same thing.

I have confidence that Marc will continue to grow the library over time based on his experience and user feedback. I have yet to figure out how he is able to respond so quickly to such a large communities requests/needs.

My hats off!

Product Reviews

Pros Extrememly useful
Easy to use
Documented nicely
Cons None
Version Reviewed 0.4.5-0.4.7
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Reviewed by Allan
December 17, 2009
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