These SPRs bug me... more on the N/D app dev theme
Fri, Jul 30th 2010 12:45p Erik Brooks div /divdivI love the Fix List database. Sometimes the write-ups are a little vague, but generally theyre chock-full of great detail.br / br /But theres a general theme throughout most SPRs that really bugs me. SPRs like this one. Can you spot it?br //divdiv /divblockquotedivFixed in 8.5.2:/divdiv /divdivbSPR# CSCT7V2RJS/b - This fix disables all compute actions for the conflict losing document since a computed field can in turn try to open up a database and require a lock. The conflict [read] Keywords: ibm
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5 Step Program to IBM Exploding N/D App Dev
Wed, Jul 28th 2010 2:17p Erik Brooks div br //divdivJust some more brainstorming thoughts while Ive got a free moment...br //divdiv br //divdiv1. Build a href=http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/erik/entry/ed_brill_s_blog_entry_a_possible_solution_to_the_app_dev_problem13?lang=en_usXPages by IBM/a aka quot;Designer Litequot;.br //divdiv /divdiv2. Keep pushing forward on XPages and Dojo documentation./divdiv /divdiv3. Offer a free cloud hosting environment for XPages apps. E.g.
Something similar to Blogpress. IBM already does thi [read] Keywords: ibm
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Wow - Did you see that?
Tue, Jul 20th 2010 8:09a Erik Brooks br /Here we go: A $5 Notes/Domino app that will likely have 1000 downloads by the end of the month.br / br /http://www.dominoguru.com/pages/remoteconsole_v1.0.htmlbr / br /To quote the infamous Will Ferrell as Ricky Bobby in bTalladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby/b: quot;What does that do? Does that blow your mind? THAT JUST HAPPENED.quot;br / br /Um, IBM, you just maaaaayy want to build an app store. Just sayin.br / br /br / [read] Keywords: domino
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HIRING: Full-time Notes/Domino XPages developer
Thu, Jul 1st 2010 3:53p Erik Brooks br /Great news! Were looking to hire a Notes/Domino developer with XPages experience. Youll be working on the most complex Domino web app in history with an awesome team of people.br / br /This is a full-time position in Tallahassee, Florida and relocation expenses will be considered.br / br /I know XPages are still relatively new technology, so if youve only got a few months experience thats fine. If youve got no XPages experience but have a lot of experience with legacy Domino dev on the [read] Keywords: domino
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N/D App Dev - The Wikipedia article needs help
Wed, Jun 30th 2010 11:24p Erik Brooks br /A few weeks ago we all screamed quot;We want XPages documentation!quot; at IBM.br / br /I started looking around the net for more IBM-initiated promotion of XPages. Did you know theres a Wikipedia article about the technology? Its about as sparse as the documentation.br / br /Compare a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asp.netthis/a with a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPagesthis./abr / br /Fortunately a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dojo_Toolkitthis/a is better, but that XPage [read] Keywords: ibm
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Ed Brills blog entry - A possible solution to the app dev problem
Wed, Jun 16th 2010 9:00a Erik Brooks br /If youre reading this, no doubt youve read a href=http://www.edbrill.com/ebrill/edbrill.nsf/dx/ive-never-been-a-developerEds blog post asking what the quot;tripwirequot; is for Lotus Notes/Domino app dev./abr / br /The comments had some resounding themes:br /- IBM doesnt market Notes as an app dev platformbr /- IBM sales actively (though perhaps not intentionally) offers incentives to sell something other than Notes/Dominobr /- The N/D app dev strategy is unclearbr /- IBM needs to att [read] Keywords: domino
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8.5.1 Fix: GetDocumentByKey()
Tue, May 25th 2010 4:58p Erik Brooks br /After several weeks the bug introduced for bGetDocumentByKey/b (and all the other Get*ByKey operations) has been fixed.br / br /As per IBMs announcement it a href=http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/r5fixlist.nsf/94db90f3de07606e052569ce00706cdd/a570f1daad7a9e828525772e0058025f?OpenDocumentlooks like it will ship with 8.5.1FP3/a.br / br /With the fix lookups to busy views are also exhibiting a marked performance improvement so this is also a significant win for busy databases.br / br /br / [read] Keywords: ldd
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GetDocumentByKey - Im curious.
Thu, Apr 22nd 2010 11:24a Erik Brooks p br //ppSince I know everyone will be asking: no, this is actually not related to the GetDocumentByKey fix that IBM is working on. /pdiv /divdivAccording to the Designer Help, GetDocumentByKey() is not case-sensitive. Meaning if you have two entries in your view:/divdiv /divblockquotedivbApplebr /APPLEbr /br //b/div/blockquotedivCalling bGetDocumentByKey(quot;Applequot;, True) /breturns the first doc.br /Calling bGetDocumentByKey(quot;APPLEquot;, True) /breturns the first doc also.br / b [read] Keywords: dblookup
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8.5.2 Notes/Domino
Sun, Apr 18th 2010 11:20a Erik Brooks br /It was just announced that those of us in the 8.5.2 beta program can start blogging about it in detail. Since were such an app dev heavy shop Id like to mention some cool things in the latest 8.5.2 beta:br /br /The most important feature in 8.5.2 from an App Dev standpoint is this:br /br /blockquotebNotesAgent.runWithDocumentContext(NotesDocument)/bbr /br /You can create an in-memory document, and then pass this document to an agent. You do NOT need to save the document prior. This is ava [read] Keywords: agent
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Sure Google, let me get right on that migration from Notes.
Sun, Mar 28th 2010 3:31a Erik Brooks div /divdivSo on a href=http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.comSteves blog/a I just saw one of those Google quot;migrate from Notesquot; ads. Here was the text in the ad:/divdiv /divblockquote dir=ltr style=margin-right: 0pxdivquot;Showing my CEO how to check email made me go Google.quot;/div/blockquotediv /divdivLMAO! Really? Seriously? strongSeriously? /strongThats the best Google can do? I mean, even going back all the way to R5 checking email is as dead-simple as it gets./divdiv /divd [read] Keywords: notes
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Folder opens slowly in Designer
Thu, Mar 25th 2010 12:31p Erik Brooks div /divdivYou may have noticed that opening a folder in Designer can take a very long time if there are many docs in the folder. The lightning bolt flashes indicitating a lot of network traffic - its as if Designer is downloading the entire folder index even though you obviously dont need it. Views, on the other hand, always open very fast./divdiv /divdivOver higher-latency network connections it can take several minutes for the folder to open./divdiv /divdivIve reported the problem to I [read] Keywords: connections
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8.5.1 - The bug is back, the full story.
Wed, Mar 24th 2010 8:58a Erik Brooks br /The 8.5.1 GetDocumentByKey bug fix released last week (for 8.5.1FP1 it was HF124) has regression problems.br /br /If you have a view with these docs:br /blockquoteabr /bbr /ybr /zbr //blockquoteAnd you have code that performs:br /blockquotegetdocbykey(a), print value br /getdocbykey(b), print valuebr /getdocbykey(y), print valuebr /getdocbykey(z), print valuebr //blockquoteThen you will get bquot;a,b,y,zquot;/b as expected. But if you change the code to perform:br /blockquotegetdocbykey [read] Keywords: ibm
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