<p>Microsoft announced today that the Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 are now available, allowing developers to create apps that target Office 2013, SharePoint 2013 and Office 365. Developers can also optionally create apps for Office via the web using a technology previously codenamed "Napa."</p><p>Apps for Office and SharePoint extend Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013/SharePoint Online (part of Office 365) in useful ways. Both types of apps are built with popular web technologies such as HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, REST, OData, and OAuth, Microsoft says.</p><p>Apps for Office come in three categories: Task pane apps that appear in the task pane of an Office application, content apps that appear inside of the document's content, and mail apps for Outlook 2013 and Outlook Web Access, which appear next to an open Outlook item, such as an email message, meeting request, meeting response, meeting cancellation, or appointment.</p><p>Apps for SharePoint extend the capabilities of a SharePoint web site. Users can discover and download apps from the SharePoint Store or from their employer's private App Catalog and install them on their SharePoint sites.</p><p><a href="http://winsupersite.com/office-2013/office-and-sharepoint-2013-developer-tools-now-available">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2030057/microsoft-equips-visual-studio-for-office-appbuilding.html">Microsoft equips Visual Studio for Office app-building</a> (PCWorld)</p><p><a href="http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2013/03/04/office-developer-tools.aspx">Build Apps for Office with the New Microsoft Tool Suite</a> (Visual Studio Magazine)</p><p><a href="http://www.fortmilltimes.com/2013/03/04/2532706/harmonie-office-365-app-for-blackberry.html">harmon.ie Office 365 App for BlackBerry 10 Provides Social Collaboration for ...</a> (Fort Mills Times)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d-93qYnfC5XqDhMAPa9901lZXuVnM&ned=us">45 additional articles.</a></p>