Tag Archives: XPages

Lotus related podcasts in heavy rotation

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Two years ago I blogged about podcasts that I listened to at that moment. Since then lots of new and interesting podcasts have appeared. I currently listen to a lot of Lotus related podcasts and the following are in heavy rotation on my iPhone as they provide me with insight and lots of inspiration:

I see lot of potential in the following podcasts but the authors have been quiet for a while… I hope that they will pick up podcasting any time soon:

Finally I can highly recommend Notes in 9 by David Leedy. David does a great job in teaching XPages using video podcasts. I especially like that he starting from the latest episode (the extended edition episode) now renders the video so that you can watch it on your iPhone and iPad!

Free course on using Lotus Domino Designer 8.5

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TLCC is offering a free course/tutorial on using Lotus Domino Designer 8.5. The course requires that you have Domino Designer 8.5.1 installed as the course is delivered using the Lotus Notes 8.5 client – very cool!.

The course covers:

  • What is Notes and Domino software?
  • The role of the Notes client and Domino server
  • Domino Application Architecture
  • Using Domino Designer software
  • Creating a Domino Application
  • Creating Forms and adding fields
  • Designing Views
  • Creating XPages for your application
  • Programming options in Domino Designer applications
  • Deploying a Domino application

So if you are looking for courses and tutorials on Domino Designer 8.5 then have a look at this one.

New Redbook: Building Domino Web Applications using Domino 8.5.1

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As stated on the XPages Blog, a new Redbook has been published on the Lotus Notes and Domino Application Development wiki on building Domino web applications using Domino Designer 8.5.1: Building Domino Web Applications using Domino 8.5.1.

The objective of the Redbook is to “provide guidance on Best Practices for Domino Web Development, with emphasis on the new XPages design element. We introduce the key new features of XPages and discuss how and why these are meaningful within the context of Domino Web Development.“

The Redbook serves as a great tutorial on how to use the latest Domino Designer 8.5.1 features. You can read the Redbook directly on the wiki or download it as a PDF. Enjoy.

Great resources on XPages

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XPages is the impressive new feature in Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 for web application development – and will be extended to the Notes client in 8.5.1. Did you know that XPages is built upon JSF and the Dojo toolkit?

For great resources and tutorials on XPages make sure to visit and learn from:

Update July 24: more great resources on XPages:

  • Karsten Lehmann shares some very interesting articles on the Mindoo blog on the backend part of XPages  – focusing on the subjects of Java, Servlets and JavaServer Faces (as pointed out by Patrick Kwinten in the comments to this post and by Mikkel Heisterberg in his blog post on JSF in XPages)
  • YouAtNotes has established the YouAtNotes XPages Wiki with tips and tricks on XPages development

Lotus Notes 8.5 and Lotus Domino 8.5 are now available

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Lotus Notes 8.5, Lotus Domino 8.5 and Lotus Enterprise Integrator 8.5 are now available for download on Passport Advantage.

Update January 7: Ed Brill has more on the 8.5 announcement – including the following presentation that introduced the 8.5 release:

Introducing IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5

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Update January 17: It is now possible to download a 60 days trial version of Lotus Notes 8.5 on ibm.com.