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Most developers (certainly myself!) are lazy. We look to re-use code and write the briefest code we can. Sometimes it backfires! When writing a method, either in Java or LotusScript, we can often pass parameters around with little concern. I came across that some years ago with LotusScript when objects were being changed by a […]
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Two weeks from now I’ll be speaking at Engage.ug, along with a host of illustrious names from IBM and the community. I’ll be speaking with Martin Jinoch about the OpenNTF Domino API. After speaking on the API solo at various user groups and during speedgeeking at IBM Connect, it will be interesting to co-host the
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Some time ago Niklas Heidloff blogged about three kinds of XPages developers – those who just use drag and drop with SSJS / JavaScript; those who use Java but only in an NSF; and those who develop with Java outside the NSF. For some time I’ve been doing some development outside the NSF, but after
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This rant is not the result of any individual project,I’ve been meaning to write it for a while. It’s also as much out of disillusionment of believing web developers who say you can switch off compatibility mode, because it’s not what happens necessarily. When developing for a corporate environment, the default browser is usually Internet
Compatibility Mode: What Any XPages (or Web Developer) Needs To Know Read More »
I’ve just released a new version of XPages OpenLog Logger. It’s predominantly a release to catch SSJS errors of classes NotesException and java.io.IOException, as well as wrapping processUncaughtException code in try/catch blocks, to capture any classes I haven’t come across yet. I and other developers have encountered these unexpected error class types when no try/catch
XPages OpenLog Logger v4.0 Read More »
There have been a few posts today on StackOverflow about SSJS being run when it’s not expected. I think a lot of that comes from a misunderstanding of what’s happening on the server. Parsing of Values Firstly, property values are just plain text.That’s reinforced if you look at the Java class for an XPage or
Understanding SSJS Read More »
Niklas Heidloff’s session with Henning Schmen at IBM Connect – AD206: Build Apps Rapidly by Leveraging Services from IBM Collaboration Solutions on Wednesday 5:30 – was very interesting from a number of aspects. I’ve long believed that part of the barrier to Connections development is that many developers not to mention end users can’t envisage
Domino Server + Connections + Sametime VM Image Read More »
First of all, I’m not saying back-end developers are real men or are the only ones who have “Curiosity”! But I’ve begun to realise more and more that XPages developers are either back-end or front-end, features or look & feel. In the old days of Notes Client development, the two were so tightly coupled that
Back-End Developers Are From Mars, Front-End Developer Are From Venus Read More »
Notes and Domino have long been lampooned as a bad user experience. From an app dev point of view, XPages came along and gave us some freedom. Notes 9.0 gave us a fresh UI and some nice usability enhancements (Ctrl + v to paste as plain text, Quick Find box, Group By Date etc). On
2014: The Year Notes and Domino Stopped Looking Like Notes and Domino Read More »
Here are the slides and demo app Mike McGarel and I used for our session on Tuesday, “It’s Not Infernal: Dante’s Nine Circles of XPages Heaven”. Below is the link to a zip file containing the demo applications. The Infernotes.nsf version will work if you don’t have the OpenNTF Domino API. The one suffixed “OpenNTFDomino”
BP204: Slides and Demo Application Read More »