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Agenda● Review of recent Designer history

▬ 8.5, 8.5.1● What's New in 8.5.2● What will tomorrow (8.5.x) bring?● Looking Ahead● Time to Listen :-)

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Domino Designer 8.5● Move to the EclipseTM platform

▬ Search & Compare▬ Eclipse editors for CSS, JavaScript, and other standard file editing▬ Extensible platform▬ Property panels▬ Reparenting of existing form, view editors, etc.

● XPage development▬ XPages, Custom control design elements

▬ WYSIWYG, drag and drop editing environment▬ Server side JavaScript

▬ Includes implementations of familiar @functions▬ Themes

▬ Easily and centrally define an applications look and feel

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Domino Designer 8.5.1● Performance improvements

▬ Launching Designer, opening a database, and initial help index improved >= 75%!● Usability improvements

▬ Working sets, design list filtering, tab hover-help● XPage editing enhancements

▬ Custom control design time rendering▬ Define the data source on the new XPage dialog

● Component design element▬ Wraps an XPage for use in a composite application or mashup application

● JavaTM editor for agents, script libraries, web service consumers, web service providers

● Eclipse-based LotusScript® editor for agents and script libraries● Designer Extension classes

▬ Translate between Eclipse and Domino objects● FREELY AVAILABLE!

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Managing Applications and Working Sets

● Working sets▬ When opening a database from the client, ask what working set

▬ Preserve setting in a preference▬ When adding databases to a working set....

▬ Choose MULTIPLE!● Opening an application

▬ New dialog, supports workingsets and adds some usability improvements

▬ See the title of the databaseyou are opening

▬ Filter the server list▬ Etc.

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Designer Framework Enhancements● Preview and run agent on design elements in the navigator● Edit passthru HTML on a form/page with an Eclipse HTML editor● Sign your application

● Leverage the new Eclipse-based LotusScript editor for database scripts

● Application icon – import high resolution image (gif, jpeg, bmp, or png)

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Improved Version Awareness● $DesignerVersion has been quietly recording which version of Designer

last edited a design element since Release 5.0.1● In 8.5.x, this value is displayed for each design element● For XPages and Custom Controls, the value indicates the version

required to run the page rather than the version of Designer used to edit them

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Enhancing the XPage Design Experience● Reorder fields when dropping from the data palette● Improved Domino data type recognition for

more precise data binding and control creation from the data palette

● Drag and drop from palettes in source mode● Check Box Group and Radio Button Group controls● Property panel re-analysis

▬ Some properties previously available only on “All Properties” moved “up” to the “pretty panels”

▬ For example, filter and search view data settings available with view data source▬ Dojo panel for Dojo enabled controls

● Available to Public Access users option● Control XPage windowing behavior in

Notes client

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Get Some Perspective....● Focus your environment to the

task at hand▬ Domino Designer perspective

▬ everything▬ XPages perspective

▬ Shows only design elements necessary for XPage applications

▬ Eclipse views as needed (outline, navigator, control palette, etc)

▬ Forms/Views perspective▬ Shows only design elements

necessary for Forms/Views development

▬ Eclipse views as needed (remove control palette, etc.)

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Or Fine-Tune the One You're In...● Filter individual design element

types

● And add some common views more easily!

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Continued Usability Tune-Ups● Need web preview to use a different port from 80?

● InfoBox on Open? Or Not?▬ Now you can decide

● Renaming design elements▬ Dialog (accessed by F2 in the design list, or from navigator) allows you to

supply both the name and the alias

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And even a few more...● Sign button consistently available

● XPage outline view expand/collapse

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Retargetting views to XPages● New “use XPage instead” property for views

▬ Web only in 8.5.3

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Improving The Extended Designer Experience● Create your own properties panel for XPage control extensions

▬ Use pretty panels and not All Properties all the time● Personalize your palette with Palette Profiles

▬ Use different profiles for different development situations

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Updated JavaScript Editor

● Code folding● Formatting

preferences● Outline view

support for classes, etc

● Code templates● And much more!

● Client JavaScript editor replaced with the newest WTP editor compatible with Designer's version of Eclipse (3.4.2)

● Provides improved validation

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Leveraging Java in XPage Applications● Now has a proper home: the Java design element!● Create a new class, interface, or enum● Class file stored within the Java element note

▬ No worries about deletion stubs, etc● Java code can be directly called from Server Side JavaScript● Eclipse Java editor and tooling directly available from Designer

perspective

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Source Control Enablement● Domino Designer's virtual file system, though indispensable,

proved a barrier to working with Eclipse-enabled source control products

● Designer bridges the gap and provides synchronization with an on-disk project with which the source control product interacts

● Source control system neutral - so far we've tested with SVN (RTC next)

▬ We're agnostic, the only requirement is that they have an Eclipse plugin for their product

● Facilitates team development (of course), but also provides version control and backup for solitary developers

SVN

RTC

(we don't care)NSF

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How Does It Work?● It is the on-disk project that interacts with the source control

product● Every design element in the NSF is synchronized with a physical

file in the on-disk project● File based design elements store actual file content in the

repository, with a second file managing metadata● Choice of binary or text based DXL for “non-file” design elements

(forms, views)● Can start with a project in a repository and bring it in to Designer

or can start with an NSF and move it up to repository● Automatic or on-demand synchronization between the NSF and

the on-disk project (your preference)● Synchronize your on disk project with the source control provider

as needed, using the provider's menu options and commands● Let's see it in action :-)

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And in Case You Can't Wait...● www.openntf.org/blogs/openntf.nsf/d6plinks/NHEF-8AVEUU● Please try it and give us your feedback!

http://www.openntf.org/blogs/openntf.nsf/d6plinks/NHEF-8AVEUU

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Farther Ahead (Beyond 8.5.x....)● Continue to leverage Eclipse

▬ “Shop” for valuable Eclipse components for Domino developers▬ Leverage improved JavaScript editors

▬ Work with Eclipse for needed enhancements▬ CSS Preview, etc.

● Multi-user support● Server-Side JavaScript debugger● Support continuing XPage Enhancements

▬ Tooling for Social Business Toolkit▬ Mobile application design enhancements

● Improve consumption of OpenNTF assets● Mac & Linux® support

▬ On the list, but not as high as quality and functional completeness

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● IBM DeveloperWorks®▬ https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/

● Lotus Notes and Domino Application Development wiki▬ http://www.lotus.com/ldd/ddwiki.nsf

● OpenNTF – Open source developer community

● XPages.info – One stop shopping for XPages▬ http://xpages.info

● IBM educational offerings▬ http://www.ibm.com/software/lotus/training/n8deducationofferings.html

Resources

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http://www.lotus.com/ldd/ddwiki.nsf

http://xpages.info/

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Questions & Answers

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