AD116 XPages Extension Library: Making Application Development Even Easier

Introduction – The Speakers● Maire Kehoe | XPages Dev ● Paul Hannan | XPages Test Lead● One of the lead developers on the XPages ● Been the runtime test lead of XPages since its team, based in Dublin, Ireland. Maire worked birth and part of the team in Dublin, Ireland. on Lotus Component Designer from 2004 to Joined LotusIBM in 1995 and started working 2007, and moved to Domino to develop the Screencam 1.2 and Notes 3.32 localization. XPages runtime in the Domino server, working Enjoys working on the best feature in the best on control development, localization, the product in the world. Extensibility API, and application development. ● Email: paul_hannan@ie.ibm.com● Email: mkehoe@ie.ibm.com ● Twitter: @pdhannan © 2011 IBM Corporation 3

Introduction – whats this session about?● The XPages Extension Library (ExtLib)● Its for EVERYBODY● Show you how XPages App Dev will change for the better● And explain why... ─ THERES NOTHING NEW TO LEARN! ─ FASTER! ─ EASIER!● And also show how its not going to cost you an extra cent● This session will help and show you how the ExtLib will change the way you do App development, and save you time and €£$¥ along the way © 2011 IBM Corporation 4

Agenda●1. Introduction●2. What is the Extension Library (ExtLib)?●3. Whos using it?●4. Demo A - The Wonderful World of the 88* ExtLib controls●5. Demo B – ZERO 2 HERO - The Layout and Dynamic View controls●6. Demo C – Mini Deep Dive – Outline & Dynamic Content●7. FAQ●8. Conclusion●9. Q&A © 2011 IBM Corporation 5

What is the Extension Library (ExtLib)?● The XPages Extension Library (ExtLib) is for EVERYBODY.● NOTHING NEW TO LEARN! ─ You dont have to learn something new – fits with your current XPage skill set – Less €£$¥ needed● FASTER! ─ Faster and Easier Domino Web Development● EASIER! ─ Easier to modernize existing Domino Web Apps © 2011 IBM Corporation 7

What is the Extension Library (ExtLib)?● This toolbox is a set of advanced, optimized, controls and other XPages assets.● Integrates within Domino Designer● Client, server and mobile● Designed for performance● Fully implemented using the XPages extensibility API● Available on top of Notes Domino 8.5.2 © 2011 IBM Corporation 8

What is the Extension Library (ExtLib)?● Download from OpenNTF - http://extlib.openntf.org ─ Contains a demo app, documentation and an updateSite for easy install into Designer 852 ─ 3000 plus downloads since Sept. 2010 ─ Active Forum and discussion● OpenSource - https://svn-166.openntf.org/svn/xpages/ © 2011 IBM Corporation 9

Extension Library (ExtLib) – Whos using it?● Though NOT using the ExtLib directly, TSAZR - tsazr.com – From Elguiji Software● The XPages serve back to the iPhone (tm Apple ) JSON. All data sits in memory. Never going to disk.● More JSON Webservice examples will be shown● iPhone is a trademark of Apple Inc. © 2011 IBM Corporation 14

Demo B● Layout and Dynamic View Control – ZERO to HERO! (mini-SnT) ─ Using the Application Layout control and the Dynamic View control, show how you can quickly transform an existing application in... ─ 10 Minutes!!! ... ─XPages in X © 2011 IBM Corporation 17

Demo B – Step 011 Create a Custom Control called ccLayout (or anything you like)2 Then DnD the Application Layout control from the Extension Library folder on the palette to the Design pane of the custom control. Select Continue on the prompt © 2011 IBM Corporation 18

Demo B – Step 12● For the view data source add a var and a scoped variable for the view name. We are going to use this variable to compute which view to load into the Dynamic View Panel. © 2011 IBM Corporation 29

Demo B – Step 13● Thats your Dynamic View done. Now lets configure that combo box to drive that view.● Bind the combo box to that same scoped variable – viewScope.v01 in this case © 2011 IBM Corporation 30

Demo B – Step 14● Set the selection items on combo box to get the names of all the views in the database (see AD116_DemoB_Comb oBoxSelections.txt)● This formula gets all the views in the database, then gets their names, put these into an array and then returns that array sorted. © 2011 IBM Corporation 31

Demo C | Outline – Page Navigator ● Important properties. ● Label is the label on the Outline ● The page refers to the XPage less the file extension. ● And selection is used to highlight the an item on the Outline © 2011 IBM Corporation 38

Demo C | Dynamic Content● Its appearance in designtime cloaks its power. Thatll change. When added to a page, this control doesnt have any children but a set of facets. Each facet represents one of the UI items that can be displayed. © 2011 IBM Corporation 43

FAQ on the ExtLib● Q1. Its open sources but how much of the Extension Library is supported?● A1. Its supported by the community through the OpenNFT project. All bug fixes and enhancements will come from this community, as it has done so far. © 2011 IBM Corporation 54

FAQ on the ExtLib● Q2. Is the ExtLib Production ready? And if not what needs to be done to get it up to spec?● A2. A certain number of steps need to be gone through before the whole or part of the ExtLib is production ready for your environment. IBM decided that the ExtLib was too good to delay. It resolves many business solutions which potentially couldnt wait years to appear in the core product. It provides the tools now to get the job done now. And its more than likely that the benefits of such far out weigh costs of getting the individual controls ready in the core release ready for your production environment. © 2011 IBM Corporation 55

FAQ on the ExtLib● Q3. So what new has been invented here? Is it all new?● A3. Yes and no. The ExtLib needs the ExtAPI to work - thats new to 852. All the controls are new, though after that what is generated at runtime using the ExtLib is not that much different from what is generated by conventional XPages. © 2011 IBM Corporation 56

FAQ on the ExtLib● Q5. Learning XPages is bad enough with having to learn its extended stuff● A5. Learning XPages will be by far the much bigger step of the two. Learning what you can do with the ExtLib is a small step, and in fact learning what you can do with the ExtLib allows you to take huge shortcuts in your XPages learning. © 2011 IBM Corporation 58

FAQ on the ExtLib● Q6. All this is too good to be true, whats the catch?● A6. Theres no catch really. The ExtLib is for everyone. Owned by everyone. Its getting better and can only get better still. Its the nearest you can get to a sure-thing. © 2011 IBM Corporation 59

FAQ on the ExtLib● Q7. How do we persuade Administrators to allows us to put the ExtLib in our production environments?● A7. More functionality in less time when using the ExtLib, vs developing your own CSS and HTML in Custom Controls.● Its pretty low-risk.● Test your application for the use-cases you need to support, (including performance/load testing & cross-browser testing).● ...else feedem to a wood chipper if they dont! ;-) © 2011 IBM Corporation 60

...more ExtLib Information...● OpenNTF project ─ http://extlib.openntf.org● Lotus Notes and Domino Application Development Wiki ─ ExtAPI - http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/ddwiki.nsf/xpViewCategories.xsp? lookupName=APIs:%20XPages%20Extensibility ─ http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/ddwiki.nsf/xpViewTags.xsp? categoryFilter=8.5.2&category=none● Blogs ─ http://planetlotus.org/search.php?search=ExtLib&sort=1 ─ http://planetlotus.org/search.php?search=extension%20library&sort=1● Twitter ─ http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23ExtLib●XPAGES.INFO © 2011 IBM Corporation 62

...other ExtLib related sessions at #LS11...● Monday ─ AD111 - Developing Mobile Apps Rapidly for Webkit Browsers Using XPages | Niklas Heidloff & Steve Castledine● Tuesday ─ AD116 - XPages Extension Library: Making Application Development Even Easier | Paul Hannan & Maire Kehoe ─ BP210 - XPages: Enter The Dojo | Paul Withers & David Leedy● Wednesday ─ AD112 - How the Re-vamped TeamRoom and DocLib Templates Are Built Using the XPages Extension Library | Maire Kehoe & Martin Donnelly ─ AD115 - | XPages Extensibility API: Free Your Mind! | Darin Egan & Dan OConnor ─ AD116R - XPages Extension Library: Making Application Development Even Easier | Paul Hannan & Maire Kehoe ─ BOF217 - Object-Orientated Programming in IBM Lotus Notes and Domino | Thomas Bahn & Bernd Hort © 2011 IBM Corporation 63

...other XPages related sessions at #LS11...● JMP101 - IBM Lotus Domino Application Development Jumpstart | Ishfak F Bhagat & Dan OConnor● JMP102 - XML and Web Services Jumpstart | Paul Calhoun● JMP302 - Master Class: CSS and HTML Master Class | Scott Good & Henry Newberry● JMP101 - IBM Lotus Domino Application Development Jumpstart | Ishfak F Bhagat & Dan OConnor● JMP208 - The Never Ending Integration Story: How to Integrate Your Lotus Notes, Domino, and LotusLive applications with Microsoft Office, .NET, and Lotus Symphony | John Head & Alex Kassabov● JMP303 - Master Class: Leveraging JSON in both Client- and Server-Side JavaScript | Scott Good & Henry Newberry● BDD602 - IBM Lotus Roundtable: Application Development | Kevin Cavanaugh● AD105 - Lotus Domino OSGi Unleashed: Everything You Need to Know - and More! | David Taieb © 2011 IBM Corporation 65

...other XPages related sessions at #LS11...● AD103 - Dont Be Afraid of Curly Brackets: JavaScript for IBM LotusScript Developers | Stephan Wissel● AD110 - Building XPages Applications By the Book! | Martin Donnelly & Philippe Riand● AD104 - Whats New in Lotus Domino Objects and Best Practices | James Cooper & Elizabeth Sawyer● AD111 - Developing Mobile Apps Rapidly for Webkit Browsers Using XPages | Niklas Heidloff & Steve Castledine● BP305 - How XPages Dramatically Improved a Non-profits Ability to Serve its Disabled Clients | Matthew Miller & Scott Good● ID104 - IBM Lotus Domino Server Availability: Best Practices and Tuning Tips | John Curtis & Andrew Nolet● AD107 - Microsoft Sharepoint Meets IBM Lotus Domino: Development Deep Dive | Stephan Wissel & Justin Lee● BOF206 - Composite Application Component Models | Michael Cooper & Ashok Mammen● SHOW106 - XPages101: How to Build a Simple XPages Application | Matt White & Tim Clark © 2011 IBM Corporation 66

...other XPages related sessions at #LS11.● BP207 - Apps, Apps, and More Apps: Meet the Very Best Open Source Apps from OpenNTF | Bruce Elgort & Niklas Heidloff● AD113 - Show Your XPages in Style! | Hunter Medney & Steve Castledine● AD117 - XPages Performance Success Story: the Business Solutions Catalog | Suneil H Berajawala & Philippe Riand● AD116 - XPages Extension Library: Making Application Development Even Easier | Paul Hannan & Maire Kehoe● AD109 - IBM Lotus Connector for SAP, Alloy and Beyond: Integrate SAP with Lotus Collaboration | Pete Janzen● AD203 - Whats New in Lotus Notes Widgets and LiveText: Linking Your Data to the World! | Andrew E Davis● BP210 - XPages: Enter The Dojo | Paul Withers & David Leedy● BP211 - XPages Blast | Matt White & Tim Clark © 2011 IBM Corporation 67

...other XPages related sessions at #LS11.● BOF403 - Get Up to Speed on XPages | Sara Nicklin● AD116 - XPages Extension Library: Making Application Development Even Easier | Paul Hannan & Maire Kehoe● BP208 - Fabulous Feats with @Formula: IBM Lotus Notes Client, XPages and Beyond | Kathy Brown● CUST105 - Deloitte Recap: Running a Business on XPages and IBM Lotus Domino | Brian Benz● AD115 - XPages Extensibility API: Free Your Mind! | Darin Egan & Dan OConnor● AD112 - How the Re-vamped TeamRoom and DocLib Templates Are Built Using the XPages Extension Library | Maire Kehoe & Martin Donnelly● AD114 - There and Back Again: Strategies for Re-factoring Notes Applications to XPages | Philippe Riand & Nathan Freeman● SHOW107 - The DataSource Session: Take XPages Data Boldly Where No XPages Data Has Been Taken Before | Stephan Wissel & Jim Quill● BP212 - Deep Dive into XPage Expression Language Syntax | Colin MacDonald & Karsten Lehmann● BOF218 - Let Your Inner "X" Out! | Pete Janzen & Philippe Riand © 2011 IBM Corporation 68

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