Set up a Nintex Platform Development Environment

This topic describes the software and components you should have in place to successfully install manage code solutions for the Nintex platform.

Set your environment:

Step 1: Set up a Nintex Platform Development Environment

You can create a development environment for SharePoint 2013 on a single server. You will want to install Visual Studio on the server, and then install the Microsoft Office Developer Tools which includes the SharePoint 2013 SDK. When you have your SharePoint 2013 enviorment established, you will then need to install Nintex Workflow 2013 and Nintex Forms 2013. You can then install the Nintex SDK.

For an overview of the system and software requirements for using the Nintex SDK. see System Requirements.

To set up a Nintex platform development environment for SharePoint 2013

  1. Set up a general development environment for SharePoint 2013 by following the instructions at "Set up a general development environment for SharePoint 2013" in the Dev Center at MSDN. You can develop your solutions on a single server installation of SharePoint 2013.
  2. Install Nintex Workflow 2013 and Nintex Forms 2013 site. You can find an overview of the installation instructions in the Nintex community.
  3. Install Visual Studio Professional 2015. You can download Visual Studio from the Microsoft website.
  4. Install Office Developer Tools for use with Visual Studio from the Visual Studio features area.
  5. Install the Nintex SDK from Installing and Using the Nintex Workflow 2013 SDK

Step 2: Verify the Environment

You can verify that you have successfully created your Nintex Platform development environment by creating an empty SharePoint 2013 project, deploying to the solution to your server, and then retracting the solution.

Note: You will want to make sure your development account has access to the Nintex configuration databases on the server. For an explanation of user management with Microsoft SQL Server, see "Create a Database User" at MSDN.

To verify the Nintex platform development environment for SharePoint 2013

  1. Open Visual Studio Professional on your SharePoint 2013 development server.
  2. Click File and then select New, and click Project.
  3. Expand Templates, Visual C#, Office/SharePoint, and select SharePoint 2013 - Empty Project.
  4. Type a name. You can also specify the Location and solution name. Click OK.
  5. Specify the URL for your SharePoint 2013 development server.
  6. Click Validate.
  7. Select Deploy as farm solution, and then click Finish.
  8. Right-click the project in the Solution Explorer and select Build.
  9. Right-click the project in the Solution Explorer and select Deploy. You should succeed in deploying the empty solution (wsp) to the target server.
  10. Right-click the project in the Solution Explorer and select Retract.

See Also

Concepts

SharePoint 2013 Development at MSDN

Nintex Workflow and Nintex Forms SDK

Operations

Create SharePoint Add-ins in Visual Studio

Set up a general development environment for SharePoint 2013