March 26th, 2007
Lotus Composite Applications blog
With all the talk about the great new user features of Notes 8, one of the things that is sometimes overlooked is the incredibly powerful new programming model which is going to propel Lotus Notes forward as an incredibly powerful application platform. Here is a great resource for more information on this:
"The Lotus Composite Applications blog is a joint effort by the key technical architects and user experience professionals to open a direct line of communication with developers about the capabilities of user facing composite applications."
I've added the following page to my blog to help keep track of available information: Composite Application Development Resources
Application Development
IBM Education Assistant Lotus® Notes® Version: V8.0 Composite applications
Overview of composite applications (2 min))
Introduction to composite applications (6 min)
Lesson 1 - Create WSDL file to support inter-component communication (12 min)
Lesson 2 - Define Notes view columns that publish properties (3 min)
Lesson 3 - Define Notes actions for inter-component communication (4 min)
Lesson 4 - Assemble an NSF-based composite application (3 min)
Lesson 5 - Add NSF-based components to the composite application (7 min)
Lesson 6 - Wire components in the composite application (5 min)
Lesson 7 - Publishing properties using LotusScript API's (5 min)
Lesson 8 - Add Eclipse component to the composite application (4 min)
Lesson 9 - Wire Eclipse and NSF components in a composite application (4 min)
Lesson 10 - Additional actions and wiring (7 min)
