Running against a local copy of the PnP Framework

If your code changes require changes to the PnP Framework you might want to use a local version of the PnP Framework which you modified. In order to do this you will need to have both the PnP.PowerShell repository (https://github.com/pnp/powershell) and the PnP.Framework repository (https://github.com/pnp/pnpframework) locally on your computer. Make sure that both repositories are located at the same folder level. E.g.:

c:\repos\powershell
c:\repos\pnpframework

When using Visual Studio Code

  1. Build the PnP Framework code by opening the folder containing the code in Visual Studio Code and hitting CTRL+SHIFT+B. It may take a few minutes to complete.

  2. After its done, simply hit CTRL+SHIFT+B in the Visual Studio Code instance in which you have opened PnP PowerShell and at the top select the option to Build with local copy of PnP Framework

    Build using local copy of PnP Framework in Visual Studio Code

When using the full Visual Studio

  1. Build the PnP Framework by navigating to the build folder in the pnpframework folder and run Build-Debug.ps1. This will compile the PnP Framework.

  2. Navigate to the build folder of the powershell folder and run Build-Debug.ps1 -LocalPnPFramework. This will compile PnP PowerShell and refer to the -locally- compiled version of the PnP Framework. If you do not specify the -LocalPnPFramework switch it will refer to the latest nightly build available on NuGet.org instead.

Running against a local copy of the PnP Core SDK

If your code changes require changes to the PnP Core SDK (meaning any of the PnP Core SDK libraries like: PnP.Core, PnP.Core.Auth, PnP.Core.Admin, PnP.Core.Transformation, or PnP.Core.Transformation.SharePoint) you might want to use a local version of the PnP Core SDK which you modified. In order to do this you will need to have both the PnP.PowerShell repository (https://github.com/pnp/powershell) and the PnP.Core repository (https://github.com/pnp/pnpcore) locally on your computer. Make sure that both repositories are located at the same folder level. E.g.:

c:\repos\powershell
c:\repos\pnpcore

When using Visual Studio Code

  1. Build the PnP Core SDK by navigating to the build folder in the pnpcore folder and run Build-Debug.ps1. This will compile the whole PnP Core SDK solution, including PnP.Core.Auth, PnP.Core.Admin, PnP.Core.Transformation, and PnP.Core.Transformation.SharePoint.

  2. After its done, simply hit CTRL+SHIFT+B in the Visual Studio Code and at the top select the option to Build with local copy of PnP Core

    Build using local copy of PnP Core in Visual Studio Code

When using the full Visual Studio

  1. Build the PnP Core SDK by navigating to the build folder in the pnpcore folder and run Build-Debug.ps1. This will compile the whole PnP Core SDK solution, including PnP.Core.Auth, PnP.Core.Admin, PnP.Core.Transformation, and PnP.Core.Transformation.SharePoint.

  2. Navigate to the build folder of the powershell folder and run Build-Debug.ps1 -LocalPnPCore. This will compile PnP PowerShell and refer to the -locally- compiled version of the PnP Core SDK. If you do not specify the -LocalPnPCore switch it will refer to the latest nightly build available on NuGet.org instead.