Blog & Technical Insights

In just a short few days, fellow IBM Champion Tim Malone and myself (Paul Withers) will be heading off to IBM ConnectED. With one less day but just as much to do, it’s likely to be even more hectic than ever. Here’s a summary of things I intend to be involved in. OpenNTF Domino API […]

For the first time I’ve got an application that would benefit from Single Copy XPage Design. The challenge is how to develop that in a way that can best be managed via source control and deployed through development, test and live environments. That’s because, unlike design inheritance, Single Copy XPage Design is set in Domino […]

For anyone who has used the slides from my Show and Tell on source control in January or the subsequent NotesIn9 episode, the recommended Git / Mercurial client was SourceTree. It’s an excellent tool for those who prefer a GUI and runs on Windows and Mac. The advice at the time was to use the […]

The next step is to configure it for work with Domino. Thankfully, Nathan Freeman has done a great job at making it very easy to do so. I’ll go through the installation first and then explain what’s set. You need to download and install XPages SDK for Eclipse RCP project from OpenNTF into Eclipse. This […]

The recommended IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for looking at plugins is Eclipse. You can open them in Domino Designer, but I prefer to keep my development environment clean – I have enough Notes Applications and On Disk Projects there, without confusing the matter further. Plus, if you’re looking to debug them, Eclipse is a better […]

Earlier this week I was prompted to upgrade Firefox and I’m now on 34.0.5. Suddenly I was unable to access some Domino servers and got this message when connecting via https: Needless to say, this is not going to be a problem with Domino 9.0.1 FP2 IF2. But for some projects I need to develop […]

One aspect in which browsers are significantly poor compared to rich client applications like the Notes Client is in keyboard shortcuts. WAI-ARIA roles exist for specific areas of a page, like navigation. But browser manufacturers seem to have done nothing to help those who prefer to (or have to) use the keyboard instead of the […]

Recently I’ve realised that for all the host of materials there have been on XPages, there are not the same amount of materials for OSGi Plugin investigation. John Dalsgaard and John Cooper have blogged some, but most of the blogs tend to focus on building plugins. Indeed that’s also the focus of my upcoming session […]

It’s great news that both myself and Tim Malone have been renewed as IBM Champions for 2015. I’ve been an IBM Champion every year since 2011, but I still strive to be an active member of the community. My involvement has ramped up significantly since I started blogging in 2009 and it’s a pleasure to […]

Yesterday I heard that I was accepted for two sessions for IBM ConnectED at the end of January. They are: Title: XPages Performance and Scalability Conference/Track: Track 7: Master Classes Speaker(s): Tony McGuckin; Paul Withers Abstract: This session by Tony McGuckin and IBM Champion Paul Withers is a deep dive on key aspects of the […]