I switched from Lotus Notes to SharePoint. Now I feel like the guy from Stephen Elop's burning platform memo.

i'm a huge fan of Sharepoint - its the only proprietary system that i actually enjoyed working on. i implemented it at a few companies over the years.

My fear with SharePoint is that Microsoft keeps changing the development methodology with every version. Rather than improving, it discards and builds from scratch.

Farm solutions > Sandbox solutions > App model > Change its name to Add-in model > REST APIs > *some more changes* > And now, SharePoint framework

@naveenm thats true. from 2007 to 2010 was a HUGE shift. then from 2010 to 2013 i had to relearn everything all over again.

there is a simple reason for it though. they need to have a reason to provide "sharepoint certifications" - if everything stayed the same, they couldnt make people retake it every couple of years.

Lotus Notes is still a thing? I'm impressed, last time I used it was on my Psion Series 3.

Ray Ozzie lives on!

I barely understood app model and now there is SharePoint Framework, FML. Although I'm used to work with JSOM in sandbox solutions.

@mattwebdev But then organizations also need to adopt new features. I see a huge reluctance for going from farm solutions to Add-in model. Not sure how many would go for SharePoint framework.