Using SharePoint patterns and practices JavaScript Core Library

One of the most useful libraries for SharePoint Framework developers is SharePoint PnP JavaScript Core Library. This library was created to help SharePoint developers work with SharePoint content, simplifying the common operations with a REST wrapper required in most SharePoint applications. It has a simple and powerful API, which uses SharePoint REST API under the hood, but makes operations very easy and as straightforward as possible. It also includes a number of utility and helper functions. The library is currently in version 2.0.

To install SharePoint PnP JavaScript Core Library to your SharePoint Framework project, we use the following command in the project's root folder:

npm install sp-pnp-js --save 

In the TypeScript file, we want to use the library.We insert the following import statement:

import pnp from "sp-pnp-js"; 

Now, we are able to utilize the library in a rather straightforward, promise-based...