Optimus XPages: An Explosion of Techniques and Best Practices
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The document outlines a webinar discussing best practices and techniques for optimizing XPages development, hosted by experts from Teamstudio and TLCC. Key topics include application architecture, user experience, and optimization strategies using modern web technologies and frameworks. The session aims to equip developers with tools and insights to enhance application performance and adapt to cloud-based environments.
Optimus XPages: An Explosion of Techniques and Best Practices
- 1. OPTIMUS XPAGES:AN EXPLOSION OF TECHNIQUES AND BEST PRACTICES Mar. 15, 2016
- 2. Courtney Carter @Teamstudio Howard Greenberg @TLCC Paul Della-Nebbia @PaulDN John Jardin @JohnJardinCodes
- 3. Asking Questions Use the “Questions” pane to ask questions.
- 4. Teamstudio provides products that help organizations with customized business applications implement best practices, work more efficiently, and prepare for the future. AboutTeamstudio
- 5. Develop and manage your Notes applications faster, better, and more easily.
- 6. Reveal true business usage with Usage Auditor. http://www.teamstudio.com/solutions/notestools/usage-auditor
- 7. OPTIMUS XPAGES:AN EXPLOSION OF TECHNIQUES AND BEST PRACTICES
- 8. 1 #XPages Your Hosts Today: Howard Greenberg TLCC @TLCCLtd Optimus XPages Paul Della-Nebbia TLCC @PaulDN
- 9. TLCC Courses • The Leader in Notes and Domino Training since 1997 • Self Paced Distance Learning Courses – XPages, Development, and Administration • XPages from basic to advanced – Two Java courses – JavaScript course – XPages 2 course – Rapid Application Development • Free demo courses – Intro. To XPages Development 2
- 10. TLCC Application Development Services 3 • Let us help with your development needs – Bootstrap – Java • Convert Notes Apps to mobile and the web! • Modernize old Domino web applications • Interface with backend data systems • Skills transfer
- 11. Upcoming and Recorded Webinars 4 www.tlcc.com/xpages-webinar View Previous Webinars (use url above) • April – Getting Started with the Domino API with Paul Withers and Jesse Gallagher
- 12. Asking Questions – Q and A at the end 5 Use the Orange Arrow button to expand the GoToWebinar panel Then ask your questions in the Questions pane! We will answer your questions verbally at the end of the webinar
- 14. Optimus XPages – An Explosion of Techniques and Best Practices
- 15. About John Jardin • CTO of Ukuvuma Solutions • Over 14 years development and consulting • Core Focus IBM Domino and XPages Web technologies Mobile Development IBM Bluemix Internet of Things • IBM Champion (2013-2016)
- 16. My Alter Ego
- 17. Agenda • Overview • Application Architecture • User Experience • Optimization • Closing
- 18. Overview
- 19. “A developer in today’s world needs to look both ways before crossing a one- way street.” - Doug Linder
- 20. Overview • A reality most developers are facing is that businesses are moving to the Cloud • This means: Applications need to be Cloud ready APIs, APIs, APIs Modular Services Mobile strategy. No exceptions Optimized user experience and application performance
- 22. Application Architecture • Single Page Application One entry point to your Application • One URL One XPage. Many custom controls
- 23. Application Architecture • Single Page Application cont. Advantages: • Full page reloading no longer required • Actions can have as little as one server request • Request and response data can be measured in bytes • Core CSS/JS resources are loaded once
- 24. Application Architecture • Single Page Application cont. Disadvantages: • JavaScript dependency • Optimization is essential • Knowledge of 3rd party UI libraries a must • Single entry point to application makes navigating a bit more complex
- 25. Demonstration
- 26. Application Architecture • OpenNTF Domino API Extends Domino Object Classes • Additional methods and properties • Improved code Quick to install and configure • This also applies to existing XPages applications No need to recycle Domino Objects in Java Multi-threaded processing
- 27. Application Architecture • Model View Controller Strategy Model • A Java class for each document type • Define field names as class properties • Use a constructor to default property values • Generate getters and setters for each property
- 29. Application Architecture • Model View Controller Strategy cont. View • XPage or Custom Control • Should only contain HTML and XML tags where possible • Styling exists mostly in style sheets • Logic exists in JavaScript files or Java classes – i.e. Controllers
- 30. Application Architecture • Model View Controller Strategy cont. Controller • A Java class for each document type • Manages all logic related to its Model and View – Validating content – Saving data – Fetching data – Special functions
- 31. Application Architecture • Model View Controller Strategy cont. A Controller should exist for each of the following: • The application as a whole (e.g. Global Controller) • For the user’s session (e.g. Session Controller) • For each document type that can be submitted or viewed • For each primary feature of your application: – Report Controller – API Controller – User Controller
- 33. Demonstration
- 34. Application Architecture • XPages Extension Library A plethora of additional controls Application Layout for rapid UI design Twitter Bootstrap and jQuery enablement • If enabled, your UI is automatically bootstrapped and responsive
- 35. Application Architecture • XAgents A XPage that does not render a user interface but executes logic and returns data as a result • Accessed via a URL with optional parameters (aka Web Service) Expose your XPages application through APIs • For mobile apps • 3rd party platforms and applications Run scheduled Java agents that execute XPages logic
- 36. Application Architecture • XAgents cont. Example XPage acting as an XAgent:
- 37. Application Architecture • XAgents cont. Example scheduled Java agent executing XAgent:
- 38. User Experience
- 39. User Experience • Twitter Bootstrap HTML, CSS and JavaScript framework for developing responsive applications Intelligent styling that re-adjusts web page based on device’s form factor • Laptops/Desktops • Smartphones • Tablet devices Modern UI controls Offered as part of the XPages Extension Library
- 40. User Experience • 3rd Party Libraries Animate.css – Provides animations to your XPages controls Toastr – Provides non-blocking notifications Font Awesome – A collection of vector icons that are easily customizable: • Grouping • Sizing • Animating Sweet Alert – Provides animated alert notifications
- 41. Demonstration
- 42. Optimization
- 43. “A developer achieves perfection not when there is nothing more to add, but when there’s nothing more to take away” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- 44. Optimization • Multi-threaded Operations Powered by ODA XOTS Execution of logic in its own thread that user does not depend on: • i.e. Asynchronous operations in Java code Allows for quicker response times when performing server side operations Especially important for Web Services accessed by mobile apps
- 45. Optimization • Switch and Dynamic Content Controls Divide web page into HTML blocks that are rendered/removed when relevant This means: • Only populate the HTML you need • Hidden HTML is not rendered to the browser until it’s required • Less HTML for jQuery/Dojo to work through • Web page is lightweight
- 46. Demonstration
- 47. Closing
- 48. Closing • For more information, please check out: IBM XPages – www.xpages.info OpenNTF – www.openntf.org XPages Knowledge Base - wiki.openntf.org Animate.css - daneden.github.io/animate.css Toastr - github.com/CodeSeven/toastr Sweet Alert – t4t5.github.io/sweetalert/
- 49. Contact Information • John Jardin Email: john.jardin@ukuvuma.co.za Blog: http://johnjardin.ukuvuma.co.za Blog: http://www.bleedingcode.com Twitter: @JohnJardinCodes Skype: john.v.jardin • Ukuvuma Solutions Website: www.ukuvuma.co.za Twitter: @ukuvuma
- 50. Questions???? 7 Use the Orange Arrow button to expand the GoToWebinar panel Then ask your questions in the Questions panel! Remember, we will answer your questions verbally
- 51. #XPages @JohnJardinCodes @TLCCLtd @Teamstudio @PaulDN Upcoming Events: Engage, Eindhoven, the Netherlands – Mar. 23 to 24 EntwicklerCamp, Gelsenkirchen, Germany – April 11 to 13 ICON US Virtual User Group – May 9 and 10th Social Connections, Toronto, Canada – June 6th and 7th MWLUG, Austin, TX – August 17 to 19 Question and Answer Time! 8 Teamstudio Questions? contactus@teamstudio.com 978-712-0924 TLCC Questions? howardg@tlcc.com paul@tlcc.com 888-241-8522 or 561-953-0095 Howard Greenberg Courtney Carter John Jardin Paul Della-Nebbia