A must-have for your SPFx project!
January 31, 2020
A must-have for your SPFx project!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Rencore
There are different Rencore products I have become used to or experienced over the years and this review is specifically on the latest SPCAF product used at a successful client project last year. The following main points underscore how I feel this is an essential tool for modern SharePoint or Office 365 development especially in a professional setting:
- Prompt, high-level support - We had a number of support calls mostly to fill in knowledge gaps rather than feature or system limitations or problems, and in all cases, they were handled quickly, professionally and, in all cases, imparting a lot of important knowledge sometimes kept close to the vest at similar vendors.
- Right-sized product for the requirement - The SPCAF tool gives an SPFx and SharePoint development shop exactly the pieces needed with flexibility via their free editing tool and easy to access "default" settings easily referenced from Azure DevOps. The Integration was on point and, once the knowledge gaps were filled (see the support above), very efficient and quick to implement as well as go over with new team members or other interested groups.
- Flexible Training offer provided - What was unexpected was an offer for about 10 hours of training geared towards DevOps and SPFx development from world-class MVPs for a reasonable price. I highly recommend others inquire into this as part of your package as it enhances in a more formal way what you may get from support calls over time.
- Support - It is very quick relative to other vendors in this space and also very thorough.
- Product Features - It appears to be the only product in the market that has ALL the pieces for a baseline SPFx project versus no tools or manual activities.
- Documentation online could be more current and though this is a challenge for all vendors, it should be a major goal.
- More examples beyond the core templates would be nice.
- The clear impact was the amount of time saved code reviewing or going through lines of code marked off by other tools that are not relevant. We cannot put a number on it since the project started off with the tool in place but based on the rules applied it could be as high as 20% of the project time.
There are no other products like this directly, although one could use combinations of settings with SonarQube, etc. to achieve similar results. There will still be a gap that will require manual effort.
Do you think Rencore Code (SPCAF) delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Rencore Code (SPCAF)'s feature set?
Yes
Did Rencore Code (SPCAF) live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Rencore Code (SPCAF) go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Rencore Code (SPCAF) again?
Yes