July 2009

A MODULAR PERSPECTIVE

Thu, 07/30/2009 - 12:06 — jake

I’m always in search of different ways to accomplish the tasks I regularly perform in Lotus Notes. To that end, a search of CMS tools that would enable me to build on a basic substrate (read: Document type) and extend in exciting new ways brought me to Drupal back in the 2006 timeframe.

WHAT'S OLD (VISUAL JSF DESIGN) IS NEW AGAIN WITH XPAGES

Thu, 07/23/2009 - 14:55 — jake

Four years ago, I wrote this essay lamenting the lack of modern visual tools that can at least somewhat mimic the Notes design paradigm. Not much has changed. In fact, things have gotten considerably worse in the arena of visual forms-like tools to create workflow apps.

JSF
XPages

OMNICLIENT VALIDATION, PART 2

Wed, 07/08/2009 - 10:18 — jake

In my previous installment I discussed the simple framework for a client validation framework that works in the Notes client and the on the web using a common codebase in Javascript. The implication, of course, being that the validation is client-side and only has to be written once. The framework is skeletal and does not represent a functionally complete example, although it can be made to be.