In this episode, we explore PnPjs, the widely-used open source TypeScript library that simplifies Microsoft 365 development by providing a fluent API for SharePoint REST and Microsoft Graph endpoints. Co-maintainer Julie Turner explains how PnPjs eliminates manual URL string concatenation, offers IntelliSense support for discovering API methods, and works seamlessly across SharePoint Framework (SPFx) client-side solutions, Node.js server applications, and browser-based apps.

We discuss the library's tree-shaking capabilities for minimal bundle sizes, flexible authentication options, including built-in SPFx context behaviors, and its pass-through design that preserves underlying API functionality. Whether you're building SPFx web parts, Azure Functions, or Teams applications, learn why over 38,000 tenants rely on PnPjs to generate 40 billion API calls monthly and how to get started with just two core packages.

📚 CHAPTERS
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00:00 : Introduction
06:16 : News / Interview
53:52 : AC's & Julie's Picks

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From the episode intro & banter:
🔗 Breast Cancer Marathon

News / Feature
🔗 PnPjs
🔗 M365 Community Conference

Andrew's Pick:
🔗 Hacking Moltbook: The AI Social Network Any Human Can Control
🔗 How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills

Julie's Pick:
🔗 Qobuz

🎙️ PODCAST
🔗 https://codedeploygo.live, LinkedIn, Bluesky

🎙️ HOSTS
Julie Turner
Andrew Connell: LinkedIn, YouTube, Bluesky, Newsletter

SPONSORS

Sympraxis (by Julie Turner) 🔗 Website 🔗 Ask Sympraxis 🔗 YouTube

Voitanos (by Andrew Connell) 🔗 Website 🔗 LinkedIn 🔗 Bluesky

Music Credit: Ken Bagley

• (00:00) - Introduction
• (06:16) - News / Interview
• (53:52) - AC's & Julie's Picks

In this episode, Andrew Connell and Julie Turner cover critical SharePoint Framework issues affecting developers in early 2026. We discuss breaking changes in the new document library experience that push command set extensions to overflow menus and break folder hiding settings, a significant debugging bug preventing field and form customizers from executing on lists during local development, and the upcoming SPFx Developer Toolbar. We also dive deep into the architectural debate between data-bound "smart" controls versus separation of concerns, examining dependency conflicts in PnP Reusable Controls caused by outdated PnP.js versions and why forcing developers to accept control-imposed dependencies creates maintenance nightmares.

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From the episode intro & banter:
🔗 AC: Microsoft 365 Copilot & Claude Naming is Misleading
🔗 Julie: Ask Sympraxis & WorkIQ

SharePoint Framework Issues & New Features:
🔗 🐞 Issue 10607: SP Lists breaking SPFx extensibility (field & form customizers)
🔗 🐞 Issue 10598: New doc library breaking SPFx extensibility
🔗 💬 Ask Sympraxis: New Document Library (FEB-4, 2026)
🔗 ✨ SPFx Debug Toolbar

Data-Bound Controls
🔗 PnP Reusable React Controls
🔗 PnP Reusable Property Pane Controls

Andrew's Pick:
🔗 Apollo Guidance Computer: Restoring the computer that put man on the Moon

Julie's Pick:
🔗 Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman

🎙️ PODCAST
🔗 https://codedeploygo.live, LinkedIn, Bluesky

🎙️ HOSTS
Julie Turner
Andrew Connell: LinkedIn, YouTube, Bluesky, Newsletter

SPONSORS

Sympraxis (by Julie Turner) 🔗 Website 🔗 Ask Sympraxis 🔗 YouTube

Voitanos (by Andrew Connell) 🔗 Website 🔗 LinkedIn 🔗 Bluesky

Music Credit: Ken Bagley

• (00:00) - Introduction
• (16:45) - SharePoint Framework News (issues & new feature)
• (40:04) - Data-Bound UX Controls
• (01:01:56) - AC's & Julie's Picks

Join Andrew Connell and Julie Turner as they share their top wishes and predictions for 2026 in cloud-based development, focusing on Microsoft 365 and Azure.

Andrew wishes Microsoft would consolidate its confusing AI and Copilot landscape, adopt Anthropic's skills concept for better token usage, and improve documentation to focus on transformation rather than just technical how-tos. Julie hopes Microsoft will finally complete classic SharePoint page modernization, especially for configuration pages, and expand API coverage for critical features like document sets, term store management, and site settings.

On the predictions front, Andrew foresees continued confusion in Microsoft's Teams and agent development story through the Build conference and beyond, while Anthropic continues to lead in AI trust and transparency. Julie predicts potential progress on classic site cleanup but expects disappointment on API improvements and Azure Functions fixes.

This candid discussion offers valuable insights into the challenges developers face with the Microsoft ecosystem and where the platform needs to evolve in 2026.

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Andrew's Picks:
🔗 Anthropic: Create and distribute a plugin marketplace for Claude Code
🔗 claude-reflect: A self-learning system for Claude Code that captures corrections, positive feedback, and preferences — then syncs them to CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md.

Julie's Pick:
🔗 The 21 Best Non-Alcoholic Drinks In A Can Or Bottle, Based On Testing

🎙️ PODCAST
🔗 https://codedeploygo.live, LinkedIn, Bluesky

🎙️ HOSTS
Julie Turner
Andrew Connell: LinkedIn, YouTube, Bluesky, Newsletter

SPONSORS

Sympraxis (by Julie Turner) 🔗 Website 🔗 Ask Sympraxis 🔗 YouTube

Voitanos (by Andrew Connell) 🔗 Website 🔗 LinkedIn 🔗 Bluesky

Music Credit: Ken Bagley

• (00:00) - Introduction
• (08:18) - Wishes for 2026
• (37:01) - Predictions for 2026
• (01:00:37) - AC's & Julie's Picks