Use of SharePoint Designer 2013

Following are the high level list of features and functionality that we can do using SharePoint Designer 2013

1. Edit Site

a.      Create list/libraries/Sites
b.      Create site pages
c.      Create Web Part Pages
d.      Create/edit Master pages
e.      Create custom new form  
f.       Copy/move/delete items
g.      Create content types/columns/external content types/site assets
h.      Site Groups

2. Create Workflows

a.      Workflow Actions

• Dictionary actions
• Coordination actions 
• Task Actions
• Eventing Actions

b.      List Workflow  
b.      Reusable Workflow  
c.      Site Workflow
d.      Package workflows  
e.      Loops in Workflow

3.      Create external Data sources

a.      Connect to external database server and insert data into database  
b.      Create SOAP Service connection  
c.      Create Linked data source  
d.      Rest Service connection  
e.      XML file connection

 4.      Integrate the Visio designer into SharePoint

 5.      Call REST Web Services