Author Archives: Per Henrik Lausten

Tutorial: Visualize with Rational Web Developer

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A tutorial for Rational Web Developer has been published: Visualize with Rational Web Developer. This tutorial will introduce you to “building, testing, and deploying Web, Web services, and Java applications” and show you how to “create a Web service, create a JavaServer Faces page, and link that page to a Service Data Object using the visual tools in Rational Web Developer.“

Using Ajax to manipulate Lotus Notes documents

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Joachim Dagerot has published an article on developerWorks on using AJAX to manipulate Lotus Notes documents. From the article introduction:

Giving users instant feedback instead of the time-consuming page reloads they’re used to is simple when you use Ajax. Discover how a view and an agent can help you build Ajax-driven applications and learn how to define an API for getting the client and the Domino server to collaborate.

If Joachim is in the mood for an update to the article I would like to see how to do this using dojo as the Javascript Toolkit for the AJAX calls – especially considering the latest on IBM and dojo 🙂

Update: Joachim is in the mood and is asking for ideas on what to focus on with regards to Domino and dojo.

Microsofts Skyscrapr architecture site launched

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Microsoft has just launched a community for IT architects called Skyscrapr. Skyscrapr is described as:

Skyscrapr is your window on the architectural perspective. Discover the different disciplines of system architecture, as well as perspectives on building successful systems. Check out our architects’ blogs, learn about industry trends, download webcasts, watch videos, find training, and more.

The site contains several blogs but I have trouble subscriping to the RSS feeds using Bloglines. Perhaps this is due to the site just recently being launched. The site looks promosing though and I plan to have a further look at the site later.

[Via Architects’ Linkblog]

Dana Bredemeyer and Ruth Malan: Resources for Software Architects

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I just came across Resources for Software Architects – a very interesting site on software architecture by Dana Bredemeyer and Ruth Malan.

The Software Architecture Links section of the site has lots of links to resources on software architecture including links to blogs by software architects. Ruth Malan herself has a blog called A Trace in the Sand. Another interesting blog is the Architect’s Linkblog which “is a resource to help architects and aspiring architects keep up to date on areas relevant to being an architect“.

Dana Bredemeyer and Ruth Malan are also the authors of the Software Architecture Action Guide Book.

Lotus Notes/Domino 7 vs SharePoint Portal Server 2003

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ZDNet Australia compares Lotus Notes/Domino R7 with Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and the conclusion is:
“If you are already use Lotus Notes for e-mail or if you are an IBM shop and can invest the time and money into developing collaborative applications, Lotus Notes/Domino 7.0 is a powerful framework on which to do so. However, if you don’t have the resources dedicated to developing collaborative applications, don’t have complex application or integration requirements or if you are focused on the Microsoft solution stack, SharePoint Portal Server 2003 is going to be hard to beat.”

The review is currently being discussed at Slashdot.

Update: read more comments on the review from Ed Brill and The Sickos.