The document provides an overview of the new features in version 2.0 of the IBM Social Business Toolkit. Key updates include a new SDK with APIs for major social services, reusable UI controls, improved build and distribution processes, a new mobile API, and PHP support. The presentation demonstrates the SDK APIs and UI controls and how developers can get involved with the toolkit's open source community.

1. AD301: What's New in the
IBM Social Business Toolkit
version 2.0
Mark Wallace
Technical Lead, Social Business Toolkit SDK
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3. What's New in the IBM Social Business Toolkit version 2.0
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Social Business Toolkit SDK
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A Short Introduction
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What's New?
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Exploring the SDK API's
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Reusable UI Controls
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Build and Distribution
← Demonstrations
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What's Happening Now?
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Mobile API
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PHP Support
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How to Get Involved?

4. Introducing the Social Business Toolkit SDK
IBM Social Services
Communities
Home Page
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Profiles
Blogs
Activities
Bookmarks
Wikis
Files
Forums

5. Introducing the Social Business Toolkit SDK
Open Standards
ATOM
RESTful
JSON
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6. Introducing the Social Business Toolkit SDK
Open Source
RESTful
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7. Introducing the Social Business Toolkit SDK
Social Business Toolkit
RESTful
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8. Exploring the SDK API's
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9. SDK API's
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Language Bindings
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Supporting Infrastructure
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10. SDK API's – Demonstration
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11. SDK API's – Version 2.0
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Goals for Version 2.0
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High-level API for all Social Services
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IBM Connections 4.5
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Available in public repositories
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Java libraries via Maven (last 1.x and first 2.x)
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JavaScript libraries via CDN
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Final API Patterns
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Deprecating small part of Java API's
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Java code changes required when upgrading from 1.x to 2.0

12. Reusable UI Controls
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13. Reusable UI Controls
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Controls
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Grids
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Template Support
Custom Actions
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Business Card
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Profile & Community
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Activity Stream
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Custom Content

14. Reusable UI Controls – Demonstration
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15. Reusable UI Controls
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Views
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Modular Design
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Reuse Grid Controls
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Build New Controls
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Default Actions
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Multiple Themes: OneUI, Bootstrap, WordPress, …
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Customisable and Extensible
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Priority
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Files, Forum(s), Community(s), ...

16. Reusable UI Controls – Demonstration
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17. Build and Distribution
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18. Build and Distribution
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Build
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Pre-requisites
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Git Client, Maven,
JRE
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Sources also
included as part
of each stable
build
>set M2_HOME=<Path to Maven>
>set JAVA_HOME=<Path to JDK>
>set PATH=%PATH%;<Path to Maven>bin
>git clone https://github.com/OpenNTF/SocialSDK.git
Cloning into 'SocialSDK'...
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Checking out files: 100% (12653/12653), done.
>cd SocialSDK
SocialSDK>mvn install
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
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[INFO] --------------------------------------------------[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] --------------------------------------------------[INFO] Total time: 4:44.144s
[INFO] Finished at: Fri Jan 10 12:22:29 GMT 2014
[INFO] Final Memory: 96M/183M
[INFO] ---------------------------------------------------

19. Build and Distribution
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Distribution
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Maven Dependency (http://search.maven.org/#search|ga|1|com.ibm.sbt)
<dependency>
<groupId>com.ibm.sbt</groupId>
<artifactId>com.ibm.sbt.core</artifactId>
<version>1.0.1</version>
</dependency>
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CDN
<script type="text/javascript" src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/sbt/1.0.1/xxx.js"></script>

20. What's Happening Now?
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21. What's Happening Now?
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Mobile API
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PHP Support
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22. Mobile API - Demonstration
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23. PHP Support – WordPress Demonstration
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24. How to Get Involved?
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25. How to Get Involved?
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Explore here: https://greenhouse.lotus.com/sbt/SBTPlayground.nsf
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JavaScript, Java, OpenSocial, XPages, Connections API
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Source here: https://github.com/OpenNTF/SocialSDK
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Watch, Pull Requests, Wiki, Issues
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Community here: https://www.ibmdw.net/social/
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Articles, Events, Twitter, YouTube
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26. More Sessions
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KEY108 : IBM Collaboration Solutions Application Development Strategy
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Tue, 28/Jan 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
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AD101 : Extending IBM SmartCloud Applications in 30 Minutes
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Tue, 28/Jan 01:30 PM – 02:30 PM
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AD206 : Build Apps Rapidly by Leveraging Services from IBM Collaboration Solutions
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Wed, 29/Jan 05:30 PM – 06:30 PM
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BP308 : The Journey to Becoming a Social Application Developer
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Wed, 29/Jan 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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AD302 : New Ways to Work With Your IBM Connections Communities
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Thu, 30/Jan 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

27. Engage Online
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SocialBiz User Group socialbizug.org
– Join the epicenter of Notes and Collaboration user groups
Follow us on Twitter
Engage
– @IBMConnect and @IBMSocialBiz
Online
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LinkedIn http://bit.ly/SBComm
– Participate in the IBM Social Business group on LinkedIn:
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Facebook https://www.facebook.com/IBMSocialBiz
– Like IBM Social Business on Facebook
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Social Business Insights blog ibm.com/blogs/socialbusiness
– Read and engage with our bloggers
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