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    Lotusphere - more whats new in xPages

    Chris Connor  18 January 2010 04:36:10 PM
    New back end classes capability - better integration with Lotusscript and Agents.

    CKEditor - this is really needed and I know people are looking for this as in the past editing options were really poor. New capabilities such as resizing the editor real time by the user, more toolbar features (image uploaders etc).

    Proper documentation of the java APIs. Better design time rendering (themes / styles) and improved repeat rendering.

    Drag and drop of components and controls direct into the source - a real frustration in the past when working day to day with xPages.

    Futures...this is what I call a world class web development platform

    1. xPages stateless mode - HTML without the server side life cycle
    2. More dojo tools (sliders / pretty and simple to build tooltips)
    3. Grid / View integration with multiple level categorisation, responses
    4. Calender control
    5. Better dialog box integration (I personally have had much pain here!!)
    6. A big one this - RELATIONAL DATA ACCESS via JDBC
    7. Mobile device support (themes presentation according to platform)
    8. Integration with other Lotus products (Sametime / Quckr / Connections controls) - the quickr one looks very easy!
    9. Better intergation between calling JS and LS!!





    Comments

    1Erik Brooks  1/18/2010 5:46:12 PM  Lotusphere - more whats new in xPages

    Thanks for the updates! Were there any ideas of timeframes for these pieces? Especially #9?

    2Leif Lagebrand  1/18/2010 8:12:31 PM  Lotusphere - more whats new in xPages

    Yes, time frame. 6 is interesting. In 8.5.2 or ... Do you know when 8.5.2 is due?

    3ChrisC  1/18/2010 8:37:52 PM  Lotusphere - more whats new in xPages

    Apology for the delay guys - it's a bit hectic here!! Will ask around and post back what I get...

    4ChrisC  1/18/2010 8:38:47 PM  Lotusphere - more whats new in xPages

    Apology for the delay guys - it's a bit hectic here!! Will ask around and post back what I get...

    5Patrick Kwinten  1/18/2010 9:00:02 PM  Lotusphere - more whats new in xPages

    @2: please look at the plugins available in JQuery

    6RobShaver  1/18/2010 10:18:28 PM  Lotusphere - more whats new in xPages

    CKEditor works just fine in my web designs. What was your reference to it ... Notes Client?

    7Allen  1/21/2010 2:17:07 AM  Lotusphere - more whats new in xPages

    Anxiously awaiting updates :-)

    8ChrisC  1/22/2010 4:10:46 PM  Lotusphere - more whats new in xPages

    Patrick,

    jQuery is an excellent tool - and they are generally simple to invoke (quite often one line of code). I guess they are working on beefing up the dojo side of things where we know there are some opportunities for improvements. BTW - some nice articles on your web site on Dojo..

    9ChrisC  1/22/2010 4:15:04 PM  Lotusphere - more whats new in xPages

    Apologies for the delay in updates - after the madness of the last few days comes sleep (I am a day behind in that area). A lot of the above will be in progress for 8.5.2 - cannot be more specific due to NDA. 8.5.2 should also be with us mid year.

    In terms of further updates I will be looking at some more articles with a bit of depth around symphoney, xpages, mobile development, foundations etc. Have also made a commitment to start tweeting a bit more to interact a bit better with the community!

    But first sleep!!