Lotusphere - What’s new in xPages #1

Chris Connor  18 January 2010 04:03:54 PM

Disclaimer - OK this is live so it will be a bit rough so please don't shoot me!

xPages is the tool for web 2.0 development for browser, mobile client and notes client. Developers in the Domino space now have a roadmap for development with a platform that IBM is committed to and is aligned to web 2.0 features and principles.

Thats where we are just now. New features include in version 8.5.2 include stability, performance and integrate better with the client (and therefore the wider fantastic portfolio - including aligning with project "vulcan" - you will hear a lot about this game changing direction).

The immediate goal is to make xPages technology available to the client better "offline" - on all platforms (windows / MAC / Linux - with java based security ECL for real security). I know (and Lotus knows) that this will be a big thing for my clients.

Web pages will run on the client using and embedded XUL Runner browser which runs closely with xpages runtime. This new feature therefore allows us to intergate better with composite applications - and of course as I keep saying - offline.

Performance improvements (if you work with xPages you know this has been an issue) include optimizing partial refresh, improving xPages runtime, Javascript interpreter performance, better compressed javascript / css files - and less to download.

Eg Dojo date picker comes from some 20+files down to 1!!

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