Lotus Notes & Domino 6 Programming Bible

PART I

* Introduction to Lotus Notes and Domino *The History of Notes and Domino * A Simple Application * The Notes Storage Model* Application Building Blocks

PART II

* Domino Designer * The Designer IDE * Managing and Deploying Application Projects * Standard Templates

PART III

* Application Architecture * Page and Form Basics * Views and Folders * Database Security * Framesets and Outlines * Advanced Form Design * Database Properties * Sharing Code with Libraries

PART IV

* Automating Applications * Formulas In Forms and Views * Actions, Buttons, and Action Hotspots * Form, View, and Database Events * Agents * Web Applications * Mail-Enabled Applications * Document Security * Workflow Management

PART V

* Formula Language Techniques * Introduction to the Formula Language * Working with @Functions * Introduction to @Commands * Using the Formula Language to Retrieve Data * User Interaction through the Formula Language * Advanced Formula Techniques

PART VI

* LotusScript Language Techniques * Introduction to LotusScript * Working with the Domino Object Model in LotusScript * Advanced LotusScript Techniques

PART VII

* Java Techniques * Java and Domino Designer * Java Classes and Methods * Accessing Domino from Java Applications * Java Servlets for Domino * Java Servlets Using Third-Party Developer Tools * Domino Custom JSP Tags * Domino and WebSphere

PART VIII

* JavaScript 
Techniques * JavaScript Basics * Using JavaScript Events * DHTML and Domino * Combining Domino and Java Applets Using JavaScript

PART IX

* Relational Database Integration * Integrating Enterprise Data with Domino Applications * Developing Domino Applications for Data Integration * LEI Retrievals and Updates

PART X

* 
XML * XML and Domino * XML, DXL, and Domino Data * LotusScript and XML * Using Domino to Serve Relational XML * Developing Java Applications with XML and Domino * Generating XML with Domino Java Agents and Servlets * Getting XML into Domino * Transforming XML with XSLT * XML Data Islands

PART XI

* Web Services * Web Services Introduction * SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI * Serving Web Services from Domino * Consuming Web Services in Notes Client Applications

 

Lotus Notes and Domino 6 are the latest release (scheduled for Q3 2002, but rumored to potentially slip to January 2003 actual availability) of Lotus’s email and collaboration platform. Lotus is in a virtual first-place tie in the corporate email collaboration market with between 40-50% marketshare depending on the marketshare definition and analyst. (Radicati, Dec 2001: Microsoft 43%, Lotus 40%; Garner Group cited in 7/22/02 Information Week: Microsoft 40%, Lotus 40%.) Where Lotus has a clear advantage is where email and collaboration are used as a development platform. Here Notes and Domino have been strong for 10 years while Exchange is still building a foothold in production settings for development. Part I: Introduction to Lotus Notes and Domino Part II: Domino Designer Part III: Application Architecture Part IV: Automating Applications Part V: Formula Language Techniques Part VI: LotusScript Language Techniques Part VII: Java Techniques Part VIII: JavaScript Techniques Part IX: Relational Database Integration Part X: XML Part XI: Web Services