Forum Discussion

Copper Contributor

Jun 19, 2019

Solved

Developer Site Collection = Team Site (Classic)?

I am implementing a development site for building out SPFx solutions. However, when I create the developer site collection, it shows up as a classic Team site in the list of Active sites. Can I just ...

developer

SharePoint Online

Sites

Beau Cameron
Jun 19, 2019
"Developer Site Collections" were used for SharePoint Add-Ins. You don't need these for SPFx development. You can use any site collection you want.

Beau Cameron

MVP

Jun 19, 2019

"Developer Site Collections" were used for SharePoint Add-Ins. You don't need these for SPFx development. You can use any site collection you want.

Charisma Riley

Copper Contributor

Jun 20, 2019

@Beau: Great, thanks! So if I want to create add-ins, though, I need to use a Developer site collection? And if so, why? Does it have special qualities? Thanks again!

Beau Cameron
MVP
Jun 20, 2019
Charisma Riley Yes, if you are building Add-Ins, you'll want a developer site collection. The main reason for this is because Developer Site Collections have "Side Loading" enabled by default. This means you can actively deploy/debug solutions from Visual Studio on the site. On all other site templates, "side loading" is disabled by default (for security reasons), thus you can't debug add-ins.

Hope this clarifies.
- Charisma Riley
  Copper Contributor
  Jun 20, 2019
  Beau Cameron : Yes, this has been awesome. Thank you!