AD106 - IBM Lotus Domino XPages anywhere - Write them once, See them Everywhere

AD106IBM Lotus Domino XPages anywhere- Write them Once, See them EverywhereStephan WisselCollaboration & Productivity Advisor | IBM SingaporeViktor KrantzSr. Technology Advisor | IBM© 2012 IBM Corporation

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Who are we?■ Stephan Wissel ● The NotesSensei ● Email: st.wissel@sg.ibm.com ● Twitter: @notessensei■ Viktor Krantz ● Architect: Dynamic solutions for Domino, Portal, QuickPlace, Quickr & Sametime ● Presenter: Lotus, IBM & “LUG” conferences ● Email: vekrantz@us.ibm.com ● Twitter: @viktr | © 2012 IBM Corporation

Target Platforms■ Browser ● Install IE,FF,Chrome,Safari Install those* ● Develop/Debug: FF■ XPiNC (stand alone)■ Sidebar application You have what you need■ Composite application■ IBM Portal ● Admin access Run off a VM (needs patience)■ IBM Connections ● Admin access■ Mobile ● Devices Mac emulator runs on OS/X only ● Emulators (so you finally can justify an iPad)■ Others * Microsoft tells you: IE6 must die! 7 | © 2012 IBM Corporation

Run everywhere XPages need planning■ Decompose UI functionality into blocks that fit the smallest UI you are targeting■ Make use of Custom Control Parameters■ What wires would you want to use? 8 | © 2012 IBM Corporation

“Wires”■ Build higher level custom controls■ Dont make assumptions on the containing page■ Take advantage of custom parameters to define interaction between custom controls and pages■ Extend the same principles when connecting XPages in Portal or XPiNC■ Wires = SOA of UI 9 | © 2012 IBM Corporation

Last resort XPages integration*<iframe frameborder=”0” name=”myxpage”src=”http://myserver/mydb.nsf/tinypage.xsp”>You would see the tiny page here if your browser would run iFrames. Lynx user?</iframe> * make sure SSO is configured 12 | © 2012 IBM Corporation

Browser■ No all browsers are created equal ● Test in as many browsers you can ● Test on as many platforms as you can■ Rule of thumb: Dojo version needs to be released AFTER the browser■ Some vendors interpret HTML5 in their own way ● Mobile applications ● Canvas■ Language settings might differ■ Default fonts 14 | © 2012 IBM Corporation

XPiNC■ Consider using a composite application instead of a plain XPiNC■ No Drag & Drop support between XPiNC Windows■ Wires in PIM are sensitive to timing■ Has a set of distinct properties 15 | © 2012 IBM Corporation

IBM Portal & IBM Connections (cont.)■ Components (Receive) on the XPage 1. Add New Event... 2. Add Simple Action 3. Select Action: Execute Script4. Add the scriptvar x = getComponent("assignedTo1");var incoming = context.getSubmittedValue();x.setValue(incoming); 18 | © 2012 IBM Corporation

IBM Portal■ Register your iWidget with Websphere Portal (command line!) ● Run the command from wp_profileConfigEngine to register iWidgets ● ConfigEngine register-iwidget-definition -DPortalAdminPwd=<password> -DWasPassword=<password> -DIWidgetDefinition=<url_to_widget> ● Verify that the command ran correctly, look for Return Value:0 20 | © 2012 IBM Corporation

IBM Connections (cont.)■ AJAX Proxy on the IBM Connections server ● …profilesDmgr01configcells<yourCellName>LotusConnections-configproxy-config.tpl <proxy:policy url=”http://<your_server_path/*” acf=”none”> <proxy:actions> <proxy:method>GET</proxy:method> </proxy:actions> <proxy:headers/> <proxy:cookies/> </proxy:policy> ● Note: you can set the policy url=”*” if you would like to allow widgets from any external domain 23 | © 2012 IBM Corporation

IBM Connections (cont.)■ Adding your iWidget to Communities ● Run these commands – CD C:IBMWebSphereAppServerprofiles<cell>bin – wsadmin -lang jython -user <user> -password <password> -port 8879 – execfile("communitiesAdmin.py") – CommunitiesConfigService.checkOutWidgetsConfig("c:/temp","<your_cell_name>") ● Open and add your widget definition to “c:/temp/widgets-config.xml” – <widgetDef defId="<widget_id>" modes="view search" url="<url_to_widget>" primaryWidget="false" /> ● You can also add it by default by adding the following – <widgetInstance uiLocation="col2" defIdRef="<widget_id>"/> ● Save “widgets-config.xml” and run the following command – CommunitiesConfigService.checkInWidgetsConfig("c:/temp","<your_cell_name>") ● Restart your Connections server 25 | © 2012 IBM Corporation

Mobile■ IOS ● Emulator runs on OS/X only (justify that MacBook Pro you want) – $99/year for being a developer ● Get that iPad you know you want ● Just use Safari■ Android ● Emulator for all platforms ● Get your favorite “pad” ● Browser (Safari)■ AD109: Ready, Set, Go! XPages Mobile ● Introducing the XPages mobile controls■ LAB: Mobilize Notes applications with XPages ● Learn everything about the new Mobile controls in Designer 8.5.3 26 | © 2012 IBM Corporation

Review■ Today we have shown you... ● Discussed screen real estate ● Platform caveats of creating an “Everywhere” application ● Browser ● XpiNC ● Sidebar & Composite ● IBM Portal ● IBM Connections ● Mobile ● Other... | © 2012 IBM Corporation

Other Sessions of Interest■ IBM Portal ● AD306: Integrate your applications into IBM Websphere Portal Wednesday 4:15 PM, SW 5-6■ IBM Connections ● SHOW115: Socialize your Applications using OpenSocial Tuesday 8:00 AM, SW Osprey 1-2 ● ID221: Whats New in IBM Connections Tuesday 11:15 AM, DL S. Hemisphere I■ Mobile ● AD109: Ready, Set, Go! How IBM Lotus Domino XPages Became Mobile Tuesday 3:30 PM, SW Pelican 1-2 ● LAB: Mobilize Notes applications with XPages■ Other... ● ID102: Whats New in IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.3 – and Beyond Tuesday 4:45 PM, DL N. Hemisphere A-E ● BOF118: Open Social and Embedded Experiences Wednesday 7:00 AM, SW Macaw 1 ● AD105: Use IBM Lotus Domino and XPages for your Social Business Wednesday 10:00 AM, DL N. Hemisphere D | © 2012 IBM Corporation

Questions■ If you dont want to ask them now, please feel free to stop us in the hall to talk. We are SOCIAL!■ Stephan Wissel ● Email: st.wissel@sg.ibm.com ● Twitter: @notessensei ● Blog: http://www.wissel.net/blog■ Viktor Krantz ● Email: vekrantz@us.ibm.com ● Twitter: @viktr ● Blog: http://ekrantz.com■ Find us on Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn■ Sametime with us (details on www.wissel.net, left column) | © 2012 IBM Corporation

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