AD201 - IBM Domino Application Development Today And Tomorrow

AD201: IBM Domino
Application Development
Today And Tomorrow
Pete Janzen, IBM
Martin Donnelly, IBM

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Agenda
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Introduction
Today
Futures

Application Development Priorities
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Reduce IT and development costs
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Provide tools and runtime that helps companies
realize a greater return on their investment
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Support business flexibility and agility
Embrace innovation while preserving investment
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Long lasting applications
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Choice in platforms and access methods
Bolster partner ecosystem
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Make development cost effective
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Provide offerings that provide opportunities for ISVs
service providers

Domino Application Development Themes
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Mobile
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Provide access to Domino data from mobile device
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Realize true vision of build once, run anywhere
Developer productivity
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Support new XPages controls in Domino Designer
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More easily integrate with disparate data sources
Cloud
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Leverage Platform-as-a-Service for Domino Applications
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SoftLayer coming
Social
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Empower users of Domino applications with social services
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Extend Domino apps in social containers with XPages

IBM Notes & Domino
Application Development
Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.0
 Domino Designer
Eclipse Based IDE
XPages Editors
ServerSide JavaScript
CSS & Theme for rendering
XPages
Web 2.0 framework based on
Java/JSF
Extensive library of controls
Built in Ajax support
Dojo
JavaScript or Java for
business logic
APIs
DXL enhancements

2009

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Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.3
Upgrade Pack 1

Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.2
Domino Designer
Usability and Productivity
enhancements
XPages
Stability/performance improvements
Improved rich text editing (CKEditor)
Dojo 1.4.1
Better Notes client integration
APIs
XPage extensibility APIs
Notes views (JavaTM)
Cloud images for developers

Domino Designer
Extensions for design
elements
Support new XPagescontrols
XPages
XPages Extension Library
Enhanced Mobile device
support
APIs
Domino Access Services (REST
APIs)

2012

2011

2010

Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.1

 Domino Designer
LotusScript and Java editor
Working set enhancements
Performance
XPages
Notes client support
iWidget/Component
Active content filtering
Performance & Scalability
APIs
Designer extensibility APIs
Notes Documents (Java)

Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.3
Domino Designer
Source Control Integration
New XPages and Forms/Views
perspectives
Update CS JavaScript editor
New Java design element
XPages
Dojo 1.5, CKEditor 3.5.3
APIs
Cloud images for Applications

2014
2013
IBM Domino &
Designer 9.0
Domino Designer
Usability enhancements
XPages hover help
& hyperlinking
Server Side JavaScript debugger
XPages
Incorporate 8.5.3 Upgrade
Pack 1+ into base
Enhanced mobile support
Dojo, CKEditor & OneUI upgrade
Support Embedded Experiences using
URL mode
APIs
Domino Access Services (REST APIs)
Refresh
C&S APIs for LotusScript & Java
Platform
Expand OSGi consumption and support
in Domino
OpenSocial for Notes & iNotes

Note: Information is subject to change without

XPages Evolution
Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.2

Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.0
 Domino Designer
Eclipse Based IDE
XPages Editors
XPages
Java/JSF
Dojo
business logic
APIs
DXL enhancements

Domino Designer
enhancements
XPages
Dojo 1.4.1
APIs

XPages Released
Eyes wide open

2009

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Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.3
Upgrade Pack 1
Domino Designer
elements
XPages
support
APIs
APIs)

2012

2011

2010

Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.1

 Domino Designer
Performance
XPages
iWidget/Component
APIs

Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.3
Domino Designer
perspectives
XPages
APIs

2014
2013
IBM Domino &
Designer 9.0
Domino Designer
XPages hover help
& hyperlinking
XPages
Pack 1+ into base
URL mode
APIs
Refresh
Platform
in Domino

XPages Evolution
Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.2

Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.0
 Domino Designer
Eclipse Based IDE
XPages Editors
XPages
Java/JSF
Dojo
business logic
APIs
DXL enhancements

Domino Designer
enhancements
XPages
Dojo 1.4.1
APIs

Eyes wide open

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Domino Designer
elements
XPages
support
APIs
APIs)

Tool & Runtime 2012
hardening

XPages Released

2009

Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.3
Upgrade Pack 1

2011

2010

Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.1

 Domino Designer
Performance
XPages
iWidget/Component
APIs

Lotus
DevelopersDomino &
Designer 8.5.3
tapping into
potential

Domino Designer
perspectives
XPages
APIs

2014
2013
IBM Domino &
Designer 9.0
Domino Designer
XPages hover help
& hyperlinking
XPages
Pack 1+ into base
URL mode
APIs
Refresh
Platform
in Domino

XPages Evolution
Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.2

Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.0
 Domino Designer
Eclipse Based IDE
XPages Editors
XPages
Java/JSF
Dojo
business logic
APIs
DXL enhancements

Domino Designer
enhancements
XPages
Dojo 1.4.1
APIs

Eyes wide open

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Domino Designer
elements
XPages
support
APIs
APIs)

Tool & Runtime 2012
hardening

XPages Released

2009

Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.3
Upgrade Pack 1

2011

2010

Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.1

 Domino Designer
Performance
XPages
iWidget/Component
APIs

Lotus
DevelopersDomino &
Designer 8.5.3
tapping into
potential

Domino Designer
perspectives
XPages
APIs

2014
2013
IBM Domino &
Designer 9.0
Domino Designer
XPages hover help
& hyperlinking
XPages
Pack 1+ into base
URL mode
APIs
Refresh
Platform
in Domino

Developers
hitting their stride
Complex apps
Frameworks
Incorporating
3rd party assets

Ecosystem
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Developer Community
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OpenNTF.org
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Stack Overflow
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GitHub
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Other community sites
XPages Publications
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Mastering XPages – over 7000 copies sold worldwide
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Translated to Chinese
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Biggest selling IBM Press app dev book
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Mastering XPages 2nd Edition
- Estimated publication Q1 2014
- Based on 9.0.1
- Completely revised + 4 new chapters
New Domino Designer 9 book for Japanese market

2013 Releases
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Domino Designer and Domino 9.0
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Server-side JavaScript debugger
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XPages® developer productivity enhancements: content assist,
hyperlinking, hover help
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XPages extension library incorporated into platform, including:
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Additional rich controls
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Mobile controls
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XPiNC enhancements
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Calendaring & Scheduling APIs
Domino Designer and Domino 9.0.1
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We'll get to this in a moment
OpenNTF
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XPages Social Enabler merged into Social Business Toolkit SDK
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Twitterbootstrap4XPages

Domino Designer 9.0.1
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Update to Designer jvm.properties default setting
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Installer asserts higher memory configuration
vmarg.Xmx=-Xmx512m
vmarg.Xms=-Xms48m
vmarg.Xmca=-Xmca512k

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Support for the new “Load Java” ECL Attribute
Important Improvements (we heard you ! )
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Fixed bugs when saving LotusScript agents
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Improved Help Indexing

High Performance View Navigator
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Much more responsive display of deep hierarchical document collections
Alternative XPages View Navigator in 9.0.1
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Performs well with heavily populated view categories
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Based on new 9.0 Java APIs backend classes and NIF capabilities
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View navigation is based on document note ids rather than view position
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View behavior closely emulates Notes client
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Enabled via an xsp.properties setting (not on by default)
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xsp.domino.view.navigator=ByPosition
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xsp.domino.view.navigator=ByNoteId
View markup by note id

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View markup by position

XPages Dynamic Search – SEO Support
Search Engine Optimization
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XPages Dynamic Content Control
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Dynamically switches content using Ajax
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This works well for real users … but
not so well for robots !
9.0.1 Improvements
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Several popular bots are
supported by default
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Designer allows you to customize
your bot support
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Runtime now loads default facet on
initial page load

9.0.1 XPages Core Updates
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Dojo upgrade to 1.8.3
CKEditor Upgrade to 3.6.6.2
W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level A / AA & US Section 508
Standard
XULRunner Upgrade to 10.0.6 (XPiNC)
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Equivalent of upgrading Notes embedded browser from Firefox 3.6.2 to 10.0.6

Domino Mobile Application Development
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Provide pervasive access to Notes/Domino
data from your smartphone or tablet
Ensures your investment in content is
available when you need it
Improve business process efficiency by allowing
decision makers to approve workflows on the go
Supports spectrum of mobile application
types
Mobile web

Mobile Hybrid

Native

XPages

IBM Worklight
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numerous tools and services
from IBM business partners

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XPages – dedicated mobile controls and
support for responsive design

XPages Mobile Case Studies
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Hendricks Regional Health
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Using XPages to improve staff scheduling & communication, mobile access to
field protocols for EMTs, an insulin drip calculator and more
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Click → Link to case study
Imaging Business Machines, LLC.
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Using XPages to modernize existing business applications
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VCC
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XPages mobile controls provide mobile access to VCC's Endeavor project
management solution
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SMC
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XPages plus Teamstudio Unplugged allows emplotyees to perform energy
assessments offline with their mobile devices
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Attend session CUST104 – Wed 11:15 Pelican 1&2

XPages Mobile
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XPages 9.0.1 supports Dojo 1.8.3
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Opportunity to harness Dojo 1.8.3
enhanced mobile features
XPages 9.0.1 Mobile
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Improve mobile “look and feel”
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Introduce new JavaScript mobile APIs
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Deliver a robust mobile experience
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Provide more efficient debugging capabilities
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Establish an extensible mobile base platform that
can be enhanced via OpenNTF and/or Upgrade Packs

XPages 9.0.1 Mobile Enhancements Cont'd
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New Device Bean
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Used to identify the most common mobile and tablet devices
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deviceBean.isMobile() / deviceBean.isTablet() / deviceBean.isAndroid() etc
Enhancements & Fixes
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Photo/File Upload using Partial Refresh (for Mobile and Web)
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Mobile Debug User Agent switch to mimic iOS or Android user agents
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MoveTo SimpleAction back button restoring previously loaded mobile view
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Mobile view and control resizing and layout enhanced on transition / orientation
changes
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Custom mobile Theme inheritance now supported
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Custom mobile CSS stylesheet ordering corrected to allow custom precedence

XPages 9.0.1 Mobile Enhancements Cont'd
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Mobile Application & Control Events
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Single Page Application onOrientationChange / onResize Events
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Application Page onBefore/After Transition In/Out Events
Mobile Themes
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Default Mobile Theme and Mobile Theme Overrides for iOS and Android
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New OneUI IDX plugin containing IDX v1.3 (not fully supported in all controls)
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New mobile theme available oneui_idx_v1.3 Theme
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OneUI IDX theme used by TeamRoom and Discussion templates

Post 9.0.1 Mobile Enhancements
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XPages mobile has new features available on OpenNTF
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Available in XPages ExtLib project (>= December 12, 2013)
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Requires Domino and Domino Designer 9.0.1
Single Page Application Wizard
Infinite Scrolling

Single Page Application Wizard
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Wizard produces a fully-functional well-structured mobile app:
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Implements Single Page Application design pattern (aka Single Page Interface)
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No expertise required in mobile design, XPages mechanics or XSP markup specifics!
Optimal startup-time, fast view switching, quick page navigation, request minimization

Enforces XPages Mobile best practices:
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Uses Custom Controls each Application Page

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Uses preferred mobile-friendly XPages controls like Data View, Form Table etc

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Supports bleeding edge features like infiniteScroll

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Designed with Future Extensibility in mind
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More data sources may be supported in future (for enterprise and social data)

XPages Mobile Touch Scrolling
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Touch based “infinite”
scrolling

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Lazy loads the next set of
rows using Partial Refresh

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Computable
infiniteScroll property
on the <xe:dataView/>
control

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Intuitive alternative to
“More” button feature

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Domino REST Services
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New in 9.0.1 (and on OpenNTF)
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Calendar service
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Access a user's calendar over HTTP
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Create, read, update, and delete calendar entries.
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Simple actions on entries and notices
(accept, decline, counter, delegate, etc.)
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Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection across all services
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Read a user's password expiration date (and other statistics)
New on OpenNTF only
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Freebusy service
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Find free time for a person or resource
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Find a free room for a given time slot
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Mail service enhancements including quota
and delegation

REST
Domino
&
External
apps

XPages – Your On-ramp to Social Business Applications
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Integrate social capabilities from IBM Connections, IBM SmartCloud for
Social Busness, Facebook... into XPages applications
XPages social enabler & Social
Business Toolkit SDK
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Simplifies access to Connections
& SmartCloud for Social Business
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Isolates complexity related to
authentication mechanisms
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Provides easy to use objects
with many code examples
User stories
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Share documents with vendor using
Files application in the cloud
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Discover subject matter experts using
Connections Profiles

Getting Started With Social Business Toolkit SDK
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What you need:
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Notes/Domino 9.0 or 8.5.3(plus ExtLib)
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http://www.tinyurl.com/IBMDominoDesigner
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IBM Social SDK
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http://ibmsbt.openntf.org/
What you should have:
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Access to IBM Connections, e.g.
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a greenhouse account on https://greenhouse.lotus.com
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an IBM Collaboration QuickStart Image (free 60 day trial)
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Access to other Social platforms
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Twitter, Facebook, Dropbox
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… you name it !
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Trouble Ticket app from OpenNTF
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http://openntf.org/main.nsf/project.xsp?r=project/Trouble%20Tickets%20Notes-to-XPages
%20Example

Mobile Web Application Trends
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Today
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Dedicated mobile controls
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Look & Feel that emulate a native experience

Tomorrow
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Responsive web design
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True Build once, run anywhere

Mobile First
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Responsive web design
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Realizing build once,
run anywhere
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Increase the number of
XPages controls with
responsive renderings
Provide richer experience
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Support additional mobile
gestures
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Additional events to provide
finer grained control for developers
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Improve ability to utilize device
specific services
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Progressive enhancement - optionally
configure controls for desktop web or mobile experience
(date/time picker vs. spinner)

XPages Mobile Futures
Responsive By Nature
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For Mobile Web Apps, the industry favors a Mobile First approach that is heavily based on
“Responsive Web Design” principles
XPages
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XPages applications are essentially Mobile Web Apps
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XPages should provide a highly responsive control and feature set
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XPages responsive controls and feature set should use progressive enhancement
where possible to provide a richer user experience
- Touch Gestures (eg: Touch/Lazy scrolling, …)
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Responsive Themes will be key to enabling a highly responsive experience
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IBM OneUI Next (“Beyond C4”) / IBM OneUI IDX
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Bootstrap for XPages (http://bootstrap4xpages.openntf.org/)
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Boosted by Server-side Responsive (RESS) capabilities
for maximizing leanness and processing

IBM Domino Applications In The Cloud
What's Coming
 An expressway for bringing Domino Applications to the cloud
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New or existing customer applications

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ISV solutions

 Leveraging the IBM SoftLayer cloud infrastructure
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Automated, Highly Available

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Worldwide data center footprint

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Pay per use and scale as needed

 Work with ISSC and IBM Business Partners to
customize and manage

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Based on

IBM Domino Applications In The Cloud
A Little Bit Deeper
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Streamline process for standing up Domino in the cloud
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Provision instances of Domino on SoftLayer
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Identify common patterns and configure servers
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Hybrid architectures
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Add servers to domains
Build applications for on premises or cloud
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Same programming model and APIs
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Run with hybrid environments
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Customers with only Domino applications
Complement with services
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ISSC Managed Business Solutions for hosting applications
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Partner services for hosting and modernization
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ISVs bundling solutions with platform

IBM Domino
Applications

QDiligence – Online D & O Questionnaire Solution
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Challenge: Automate the completion of Corporate Board Directors and Officers annual
questionnaires
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Corporations today perform their D&O process manually
or semi-automatically with MS Word/PDF
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Questionnaire prep takes weeks, zero visibility
to completion status, analysis requires manual
review of each questionnaire
Solution Description:
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IBM Domino XPages application accessed via
mobile devices or desktop browsers
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XPages architected to quickly provide fully
customized solutions to multiple companies
from a single application
Benefits:
"IBM SoftLayer allowed QDiligence to
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Very fast migration of D&O Questionnaire process online quickly stand up an optimized cloud
based infrastructure for our Domino
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Up to 80% time/cost reduction in Year 2
based corporate directors and officers
questionnaires solution."
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Increase in Board of Directors satisfaction
- Russell Maher Principal, QDiligence

 Access Connect Online to complete your session surveys using any:
– Web or mobile browser
– Connect Online kiosk onsite

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