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BOOK EXCERPT
What's New in IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 8 Development: Domino Designer Features
In this book excerpt, learn about some of the new features in Domino Designer 8.
By Tim Speed, Dick McCarrick, Barry Rosen, Bennie Gibson, Brad Schauf, David Byrd, and Joseph Anderson
With the addition of composite applications to the development strategy of Notes/ Domino 8, there are a number of changes required to Domino Designer 8 to allow for composite applications design, development, and use. Some additional new tools were also required.
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 Figure 6These changes augment existing functionality. They were made without sacrificing supportability of existing applications. They allow legacy applications as well as new applications to play a part in an SOA by providing a platform that permits multiple technologies to be combined into a single application, side by side.
Composite Applications Support
New Domino Designer 8 features that support composite applications include the Property Broker Editor and the Composite Application Editor.
Property Broker Editor
One of the first things you will notice in Domino Designer 8 is the new support for composite application design elements. These design elements store the WSDL and XML files for wiring properties and applications. You can see these new design elements by selecting the Composite Applications item in the view (figure 3).
The Wiring Properties view is where Domino Designer stores the WSDL that defines the properties, types and actions for the application. These design elements are edited with the Property Broker Editor, which is new in Domino Designer 8. To edit wiring properties, select the wiring property from the new Notes 8 mail template and click the Open File button. This will bring up the Property Broker Editor (figure 4). The Property Broker Editor allows you to create or edit the properties, types or actions for your applications. Once the Property Broker Editor has saved the WSDL as a design element, you will be able to associate the defined properties and actions with other design elements.
Composite Application Editor
Also within the Composite Applications view within Domino Designer 8, is the Applications listing. These design elements store the XML that define the makeup of the composite applications and their associated wiring.
Launching the Composite Application Editor is not done via the Domino Designer interface however, and may confuse new composite application developers. To launch the Composite Application Editor, open Notes and then select Action | Edit Application.
Once the Composite Application Editor is open, you can select a component and then edit the wires for this component (figure 5).
Figure 6 shows the wiring properties for the Notes Calendar Navigator component.
Tim Speed is an IBM Certified Systems Architect with IBM Software Services for Lotus. In that capacity, he's responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting various engagements with its clients. Mr. Speed lives in Denton, Texas, and has been an IBM/Lotus employee for more than 12 years in a variety of networking, technical, hardware and software support and consulting positions. He has been working with Notes for more than 15 years focusing on administration roles and infrastructure. He also has international experience with working on infrastructure engagements in Spain, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, the UK, and Indonesia.
Dick McCarrick is a freelance writer who has worked extensively with Lotus Notes and Domino over the years. Dick spent more than 15 years with the Lotus Notes and Domino team, initially as a documentation writer, then later with developerWorks: Lotus. Since leaving IBM, he continues to be involved with Notes/Domino, co-authoring three previous books on this product.
Barry Rosen is an Advisory IT Specialist with IBM Software Services for Lotus. During the last two years, Mr. Rosen has worked on several large messaging and migration projects as well as performed Domino upgrades and messaging assessments. Before that he was a Software Engineer in Lotus Support for more than five years. While in support Mr. Rosen was on several teams specializing in mail routing, Lotus Notes Client, calendaring and scheduling, and server core. He focused on clustering, Lotus Notes for the Macintosh, and rooms and resources. Currently Mr. Rosen resides in Houston. Having graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, Mr. Rosen enjoys following Longhorn sports.
Bennie Gibson is an IBM Certified Systems Architect with IBM Software Services for Lotus. In that capacity, he is responsible for managing various engagements with its clients. Mr. Gibson lives in Wake Forest, NC and has been an IBM/Lotus employee for more than 24 years in a variety of sales, consulting, and management roles. He has been working with Notes for more than 10 years focusing on architecture and infrastructure. He also has international experience with working on infrastructure engagements in Malaysia.
Brad Schauf is an IBM Executive I/T Architect with more than 20 years of experience in the computer services and consulting industry. He has experience with enterprise-wide software and messaging and portal deployments, with a concentration on Lotus Notes/Domino messaging infrastructure architecture, application development, and integration as well as WebSphere portal architecture design and deployments. His experience includes API-level application development and lead programmer, enterprise lead for messaging and portal deployments to General Manager including P&L commitments. He was a founder of a successful IBM business partner before joining IBM in 1999.
David Byrd is an IBM Senior Certified Executive IT Architect with IBM Software Services for Lotus from Fayetteville, GA. He has been an IBM/Lotus employee for more than 9 years in a number of consulting positions covering various technology areas. David has a deep background in virtually all areas of Lotus products and technologies covering areas ranging from low-level API development and collaborative application architectures, to security architectures and messaging architectures. His current focus is on Lotus Quickr as well as other team collaboration technologies and its deployment in enterprise customers. He has worked with Lotus Notes and Domino for more than 15 years.
Joseph Anderson is an IBM Certified Senior Managing Consultant from the IBM Software Services for Lotus team. Joseph has worked with Lotus Notes/Domino, Lotus Sametime, and Lotus QuickPlace since the early 1990s, primarily as a consultant. He is currently working with the Competitive Software team focusing on Domino/Notes administration, migration/upgrade, and security. Prior to working in the consulting industry, Joseph worked in the legal industry as a Director of Operations, where he leveraged his Master of Science in Legal Administration from the University of Denver College of Law. ARTICLE INFO
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Keyword Tags: Application Development, Collaboration, Composite Applications, Development, IBM, IBM DB2, IBM Lotus, IBM Lotus Domino, IBM Lotus Notes, IBM WebSphere, IT Networking, Lotusscript, Messaging, Portals, Security, Software Development, XML
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