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Jesse Gallagher posted a thoughtful blog about the challenges for the way forward with XPages. It’s a challenge I’ve had a number of discussions around, many of which are ongoing. The reason there’s not a simple solution – throw whatever resources are required into XPages – is that it simply doesn’t make business sense. There […]
Thoughts on the Problem of XPages Read More »
It is a number of years now since I decided to commit to Java, for a number of reasons. The biggest were: lack of good compile-time validation, which meant it was possible to mistype a variable name or method name lack of templating, which meant constantly typing try/catch blocks difficulty troubleshooting – this was before
SSJS Revisited: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Read More »
I have an unwritten rule that if I learn something and I think I’ll hit the same problem again, I try to blog about it; if I hit it again and I can’t find it on my blog, I definitely blog about it. Yesterday I encountered the latter, so today I’m blogging about it. As
Client-Side JavaScript and Expression Language Read More »
Nathan has uploaded a new release of OpenNTF Domino API. There are a few significant differences in the upload this time. Firstly there is a separate install for Designer Client and Domino Server. That’s to minimise the footprint for the server. Those who have used M4.5 may have noticed the Javadoc support was lost, because
OpenNTF Domino API: New Release and Serializing Databases / Documents Read More »
Bill F posed a good question on StackOverflow about the issue of object.recycle and when to use it. It’s un understandable question and one I hit years ago after crashing a server looping through 20,000 documents in a search. I raised a PMR, got a response directing me to technotes on recycling in Java. Searching
The Perils of getColumnValues().get(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 »
I’ve just released M2 of XPages OpenLog Logger There are a number of new enhancements with M2: A specific release also on OpenNTF for users who do not have Extension Library. It may work on 8.5.2, I haven’t tested it. A fix has been added to log caught SSJS errors caused by a missing Expression
New Release of XPages OpenLog Logger Read More »
Late last night I released the XPages OpenLog Logger project on OpenNTF. There have been options for logging to OpenLog from XPages for some time – Matt White’s OpenLogXPages SSJS library from TaskJam and the OpenLogItem class I included in XPages Help Application. So why did I bother with this? Firstly, if you think this
XPages OpenLog Logger Project on OpenNTF Read More »
I’ve recently been looking back at an application I added some XPages functionality into a while ago and realised there were a couple of Server-Side JavaScript tips I have not shared before. The first is actually unnecessary where I’ve used it. I think Tim Tripcony mentioned it and I started using it all over the
A Couple of SSJS Usability Suggestions Read More »
Over the last couple of days there have been a few discussions about combining Compute on Page Load and Compute Dynamically. The full trails are below: Sven Hasselbach’s initial post My explanation of what’s happening in the source code and Java Sven Hasselbach’s response A possible alternative from Mark Roden Both make good points and
Combining $ and #: An Alternative Approach Read More »