024 | SharePoint Framework Issues, Upcoming Features, & Data-Bound Controls

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"smart" controls versus separation of concerns, examining dependency conflicts in PnP Reusable Controls caused by outdated PnP.js versions and why forcing developers to accept control-imposed dependencies creates maintenance nightmares.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