Icsug conf 14_dev04_ibm_domino_apps_reaching_up_out

© 2014 IBM Corporation
IBM Domino Applications -
Reaching Up and Out!
Pete Janzen – Sr Product Manager, IBM
March 19, 2014

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Agenda
 Introduction
 Today
 Futures

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

Domino Application Development Themes
 Mobile
─ Provide access to Domino data from mobile device
─ Realize true vision of build once, run anywhere
 Cloud
─ Leverage Platform-as-a-Service for Domino Applications
─ SoftLayer coming
 Social
─ Empower users of Domino applications with social services
─ Extend Domino apps in social containers with XPages

IBM Notes & Domino
Application Development
2009
Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.2
Domino Designer
Usability and Productivity
enhancements
XPages
Stability/performance
Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.3
Upgrade Pack 1
Domino Designer
Extensions for design
elements
Support new
XPagescontrols
XPages
XPages Extension Library
Enhanced Mobile device
APIs
Domino Access Services
improvements
Improved rich text editing
(CKEditor)
Dojo 1.4.1
Better Notes client integration
APIs
XPage extensibility APIs
Notes views (JavaTM) 2011
(REST APIs)
2012
Note: Information is subject to change without
notice at IBM’s discretion
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
support
2010 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
Stability/performance improvements
Improved rich text editing (CKEditor)
Dojo 1.5, CKEditor 3.5.3
APIs
Cloud images for Applications
2014
2013
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)
DXL
enhancements
Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.0
 Domino Designer
Eclipse
Based IDE
XPages
Editors
ServerSide
JavaScript
CSS
& Theme for
rendering
XPages
Web
2.0 framework
Extensive
library of
controls
Built
in Ajax support
Dojo
JavaScript
or Java for
business logic
APIs
DXL
enhancements
IBM Domino &
Designer 9.0.1
Domino Designer
Quality focus
XPages
APIs
C&S REST

Evolution of XPages
2009
Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.2
Domino Designer
enhancements
XPages
Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.3
Upgrade Pack 1
Domino Designer
elements
Support new
XPagescontrols
XPages
APIs
improvements
(CKEditor)
Dojo 1.4.1
APIs
(REST APIs)
2012
IBM Domino &
Designer 9.0
Domino Designer
XPages hover help
& hyperlinking
XPages
Pack 1+ into base
using URL mode
APIs
APIs) Refresh
Platform
support in Domino
support
2010 Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.3
Domino Designer
perspectives
XPages
APIs
2014
2013
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)
DXL
enhancements
Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.0
 Domino Designer
Eclipse
Based IDE
XPages
Editors
ServerSide
JavaScript
CSS
& Theme for
rendering
XPages
Web
2.0 framework
Extensive
library of
controls
Built
in Ajax support
Dojo
JavaScript
or Java for
business logic
APIs
DXL
enhancements
IBM Domino &
Designer 9.0.1
Domino Designer
Quality focus
XPages
APIs
C&S REST
I
XPages Released
Eyes wide open

Evolution of XPages
2009
Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.2
Domino Designer
enhancements
XPages
Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.3
Upgrade Pack 1
Domino Designer
elements
Support new
XPagescontrols
XPages
APIs
improvements
(CKEditor)
Dojo 1.4.1
APIs
(REST APIs)
2012
IBM Domino &
Designer 9.0
Domino Designer
XPages hover help
& hyperlinking
XPages
Pack 1+ into base
using URL mode
APIs
APIs) Refresh
Platform
support in Domino
support
2010 Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.3
Domino Designer
perspectives
XPages
APIs
2014
2013
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)
DXL
enhancements
Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.0
 Domino Designer
Eclipse
Based IDE
XPages
Editors
ServerSide
JavaScript
CSS
& Theme for
rendering
XPages
Web
2.0 framework
Extensive
library of
controls
Built
in Ajax support
Dojo
JavaScript
or Java for
business logic
APIs
DXL
enhancements
IBM Domino &
Designer 9.0.1
Domino Designer
Quality focus
XPages
APIs
C&S REST
I
XPages Released
Eyes wide open
II
Tool & Runtime
hardening
Developers
tapping into
potential

Evolution of XPages
2009
Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.2
Domino Designer
enhancements
XPages
Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.3
Upgrade Pack 1
Domino Designer
elements
Support new
XPagescontrols
XPages
APIs
improvements
(CKEditor)
Dojo 1.4.1
APIs
(REST APIs)
2012
IBM Domino &
Designer 9.0.1
Domino Designer
Quality focus
XPages
APIs
C&S REST
IBM Domino &
Designer 9.0
Domino Designer
XPages hover help
& hyperlinking
XPages
Pack 1+ into base
using URL mode
APIs
APIs) Refresh
Platform
support in Domino
support
2010 Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.3
Domino Designer
perspectives
XPages
APIs
2014
2013
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)
DXL
enhancements
Lotus Domino &
Designer 8.5.0
 Domino Designer
Eclipse
Based IDE
XPages
Editors
ServerSide
JavaScript
CSS
& Theme for
rendering
XPages
Web
2.0 framework
Extensive
library of
controls
Built
in Ajax support
Dojo
JavaScript
or Java for
business logic
APIs
DXL
enhancements
II
Tool & Runtime
hardening
Developers
tapping into
potential
III
Developers
hitting their stride
Complex apps
Frameworks
Incorporating
3rd party assets
I
XPages Released
Eyes wide open

Ecosystem
 Developer Community
─ OpenNTF.org
─ Stack Overflow
─ GitHub
─ Other community sites
– NotesIn9
– developerWorks
– Individual and BP blogs provide a wealth of content

Publications
 XPages Publications
─ Mastering XPages – over 7000 copies sold worldwide
– Translated to Chinese
– Biggest selling IBM Press app dev book
– Mastering XPages 2nd Edition
• Estimated publication any day now!
• Based on 9.0.1
• Completely revised + 4 new chapters
 New Domino Designer 9 book for
Japanese market

Today

Domino Designer & Domino 9.0
 Server-side JavaScript debugger
 XPages® developer productivity enhancements
─ Content assist
─ Hyperlinking
─ Hover help
 XPages extension library incorporated into platform, including:
─ Additional rich controls and dedicated mobile controls
 XPiNC enhancements
 REST Services
 Calendaring & Scheduling APIs

OpenNTF Releases By IBM
 XPages Extension Library for 9.x
 XPages Social Enabler merged into Social Business Toolkit SDK
 Twitterbootstrap4XPages

Domino Designer 9.0.1
 Improve Designer stability
─ Update to Designer jvm.properties default setting
─ Installer asserts higher memory configuration
vmarg.Xmx=-Xmx512m
vmarg.Xms=-Xms48m
vmarg.Xmca=-Xmca512k
─ Note: if not on 9.0.1 see this technote → Link
 Support for the new “Load Java” ECL Attribute
 Important improvements
─ Fixed bugs when saving LotusScript agents
─ Improved Help Indexing

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

Domino Mobile Application Development
 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 workflow approvals on the go
 Supports spectrum of mobile application types
Mobile web Mobile Hybrid Native
XPages IBM Worklight
+
numerous tools and
services
from IBM business partners

Mobile Applications Architecture
Domino Server
Mobile Device
Web Applications
Hybrid Applications
Native Applications
REST Web server
Web Browser
Native UI
Data+HTML UI
Data Only

Domino Mobile Application Development
 XPages framework extended to
support mobile web browsers
─ Domino/Domino Designer 9.0 includes
XPages mobile controls
─ Makes it easy to develop mobile applications
with the technology you know
─ One programming model for mobile,
desktop browser and rich client
 Domino 9 REST data service
 Domino 9.0 Teamroom & Discussion
provide mobile access

Incremental Mobilization
Allows fastest path to application mobilization
 Breakdown Notes client application by user story
─ What % are administrators?
(those who create/process data & require complex business logic)
─ What % are users?
(those who consume content & perform lightweight content creation)
Notes
Client
App
XPages
App
XPages
provides
mobile web
access
XPages Controls
bound to data in
existing client app
Administrators use
Notes client app to
access from Notes
or Notes browser
plugin
Notes client
app design
remains
untouched

XPages Mobil Case Studies
 Hendricks Regional Health
─ Using XPages to improve staff scheduling & communication, mobile access to
field protocols for EMTs, an insulin drip calculator and more
─ Click → Link to case study
 Imaging Business Machines, LLC.
─ Using XPages to modernize existing business applications
 VCC
─ XPages mobile controls provide mobile access to VCC's Endeavor project
management solution
 SMC
─ XPages plus Teamstudio Unplugged allows emplotyees to perform energy assessments offline
with their mobile devices
─ CUST104 : IBM Domino 9 XPages at SMC Corporation: See how XPages can drive business
forward
─ Click → Link to presentation

+
 Challenge:
─ Move mail platform away from IBM Domino
─ Applications look dated
 Solution Description:
─ Modernize applications to the browser
─ Enhance usage of applications from
mobile devices
─ Use XWork server as new platform
 Benefits:
─ ROI achieved in < 3 years
─ Open XPages architecture
─ Better user acceptance

Partner Mobile Solutions & Services
 We4IT Doclinkr & Aveedo
 London Developer Co-op
 Redpill Mobile
 TeamStudio Unplugged
 And many others....

XPages Mobile – What's New in 9.0.1
 Mobile Runtime rebased on Dojo 1.8.3
 Mobile Application Page and Single Page Application Events
─ Orientation Change / Resize Change / Transition Change – Client & ServerSide Events
 Device API
─ deviceBean with common API and extension point
 OneUI IDX Mobile Theme (Note: Mobile Only)
─ IDX Toolkit Plugin along with oneui_idx_v1.3 Theme
─ Almost all controls fully compatible – IDX specific renderers to follow where needed post-9.0.1

XPages Mobile – What's New in 9.0.1 cont'd
 Mobile Anomalies
─ Partial refresh file upload, Page resize adjustment on transitions, MoveToSimpleAction, ...
 Discussion & TeamRoom Templates compatible with IDX Mobile Theme
 Designer Mobile Theme Application Properties UI
─ Set theme options for Mobile, iPhone, Android
 Designer Debug Agent Option
─ Force mobile requests to be either iOS or Android
without changing browser user agent

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

Single Page Application Wizard
 Wizard produces a fully-functional well-structured mobile web app:
─ No expertise required in mobile design, XPages mechanics or XSP
 Implements Single Page Application design pattern (aka Single Page Interface)
─ Optimal startup-time, fast view switching, quick page navigation, request minimization
 Enforces XPages Mobile best practices:
─ Uses Custom Controls each Application Page
─ Uses preferred mobile-friendly XPages controls like Data View, Form Table etc

XPages Mobile Touch Scrolling
 Touch based “infinite” scrolling
 Lazy loads the next set of
rows using Partial Refresh
 Computable
infiniteScroll property
on the <xe:dataView/> control
 Intuitive alternative to “More”
button feature

Domino 9 REST Services
 Data Access service
─ Perform Create, Read, Update and Delete operations
against Domino data
 Calendar service (9.0.1)
─ Access a user's calendar over HTTP
─ Create, read, update, and delete calendar entries.
─ Simple actions on entries and notices
(accept, decline, counter, delegate, etc.)
 Available from OpenNTF
─ Freebusy service
─ Mail service
Domino
&
External
apps
REST

Bring Social Behaviors to Domino Apps with XPages
 Integrate social capabilities from IBM Connections, SmartCloud for Social
Busness, Facebook... into XPages applications
 XPages social enabler & Social Business Toolkit SDK
─ Simplifies access to Connections
& SmartCloud for Social Business
─ Isolates complexity related to
authentication mechanisms
─ Provides easy to use objects
with many code examples

Domino Integrating Connections Support Community
Support
community files
Community
Forums
User's
files
Colleagues
from
Connections
network
Open
member's
profile

Futures

Domino.next - Application Development Candidates
 Domino in the cloud
 XPages mobile enhancements
 Relational data source for XPages
 Enhance integration with Connections
 Encryption/Signature support in XPages
 Domino Designer productivity enhancements
─ Support for new XPages features
─ Headless Designer (tech preview now)

Mobile Web Application Trends
 Today
─ Dedicated mobile controls
─ Look & Feel that emulate a native experience
 Tomorrow
─ Responsive web design
─ True Build once, run anywhere

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

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

IBM Domino Applications In The Cloud
What's Coming
Based on
 An expressway for bringing Domino Applications to the cloud
─ New or existing customer applications
─ ISV solutions
 Leveraging the IBM SoftLayer cloud infrastructure
─ Automated, Highly Available
─ Worldwide data center footprint
─ Pay per use and scale as needed
 Work with ISSC and IBM Business Partners to
customize and manage

A Little Bit Deeper
 Streamline process for standing up Domino in the cloud
─ Provision instances of Domino on SoftLayer
─ Identify common patterns and configure servers
– Hybrid architectures
– Add servers to domains
 Build applications for on premises or cloud
─ Same programming model and APIs
─ Run with hybrid environments
─ Customers with only Domino applications
IBM Domino
Applications

A Little Bit Deeper
 Complement with services
─ ISSC Managed Business Solutions for hosting applications
─ Partner services for hosting and modernization
─ ISVs bundling solutions with platform
IBM Domino
Applications

Managed Business Solutions for Domino Apps
 What is it?
─ An IBM hosted and managed Domino application solution that combines the benefits of cloud
computing with the flexibility of on-premises solutions
─ IBM Software Services for Collaboration (ISSC) offering
 Capabilities:
─ 24x7 hosting of Domino applications
─ Performance monitoring
─ Problem resolution
─ Custom development work
─ Hosting of Domino router and Directory servers for SmartCloud Notes Hybrid configuration

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

Call To Action!
 Upgrade to 9 and modernize and mobilize
 Enable yourself on latest features
 Take advantage of great resources at OpenNTF
 Engage with us on Domino applications in the cloud
─ Customers
─ Service providers
─ ISVs

Thank You!!
peter_janzen@us.ibm.com

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