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You're reading from Learning Search-driven Application Development with SharePoint 2013 The search engine in SharePoint 2013 is a refreshed version and this book will show you how to make the most of it with a range of methodologies for developing search-driven applications. JavaScript experience required.

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2013

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781782171003

Length 106 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

SharePoint Framework

Concepts

Application Development

Author (1):

Johnny Tordgeman

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Learning Search-driven Application Development with SharePoint 2013

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewer

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Preface

1. Getting Started with SharePoint 2013 Search

2. Using the Out of the Box Search Components FREE CHAPTER

3. Using the New CSOM and RESTful APIs

4. Customizing the Look

5. Extending Beyond SharePoint

Index

Using the content search web part

When working with out of the box SharePoint search web parts, SharePoint 2013 simplifies the process by cutting down the number of web parts from 17 in SharePoint 2010 to just four.

In addition to the core search web parts, there are a number of new web parts that are powered by search. The most important of the bunch, without a doubt, is the content search web part.

The content search web part is the evolution of the content query web part from SharePoint 2007/2010. It allows us to display content straight from the search index, based on a query. For example, we can use the content search web part to display the latest document added on a specific site collection (that is, the knowledge center) to any other site collection in our farm using a simple query!

The content search web part infrastructure relies on two factors: