OpenNTF had two successful XPages development
contests last year. For the third contest we've changed a couple of things:
First of all the prizes were doubled.
Developers can win now prizes with a total of $4800. We did this since
this time we also ask for full applications and we understand that it's
more work to implement them. Thanks a lot to our sponsor We4IT.
This time we decided to give out monetary
prizes. Shipping, customs and taxes caused some logistical issues in the
past. It was also hard to identify the gadgets we could give out since
everyone has different preferences.
We used an objective process for the
judging for the first two contests. This time we wanted to allow even more
people from the community to be part of the judging process. Please contact
us if you are interested.
We'd like to do more of these contests
in the future. However we don't want people to wait with their submissions
until the next contest starts. So this time developers can submit all new
OpenNTF releases that have been submitted after the last contest ended
(12/02/2011).
We kept the goals generic again as in
the first contest. But we'd like to see contributions of social and/or
mobile apps as in the second contest. That's why we have a new judging
criteria "Special consideration will be given to submissions of social
and/or mobile applications".
New Release of the XPages Extension Library with JUnit Test Framework
Thu, May 23rd 2013 12:10a Niklas Heidloff Paul Hannan has released a new version
of the XPages
Extension Library. See below for
his description.
"This release is the second of
IBM Notes Domino 9.0 versions of the XPages Extension Library (ExtLib)
to OpenNTF. It contains mainly a number of changes and enhancements made
to the new REST Calendar service API, and a new feature, a new framework
for JUnit testing. It continues to match closely the XPages Extension Library
that is already in Notes Domino 9.0 and contains a small [read] Keywords: domino
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On OpenNTF: OSnippets Application to share Code Snippets and Blog Entries
Wed, May 22nd 2013 1:39a Niklas Heidloff As part of the XPages
development contest sponsored
by WebGate
Consulting AG which is part of
the Appathon
sponsored by IBM
developerWorks, Oliver Busse has
contributed a project called OSnippets
Template.
The application can be used by developers
to easily share code snippets and publish blog entries. The application
uses the Twitter
Bootstrap framework.
You can try a live
version of the application or
watch the video
to see the app in action. [read] Keywords: ibm
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On OpenNTF: Android App for IBM Domino Discussion Applications
Tue, May 21st 2013 3:07a Niklas Heidloff As part of the XPages
development contest sponsored
by WebGate
Consulting AG which is part of
the Appathon
sponsored by IBM
developerWorks, Jens Bruntt has
contributed a project called DomDisc
for Android.
The project contains a native Android
app that allows access from Android based smartphones and tablets to Domino
discussion applications. The project uses the Domino
Data Services to replicate the
data so that the app can even be used offline.
You can try the app by inst [read] Keywords: domino
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On OpenNTF: XPages Document Locker Managed Bean
Fri, May 17th 2013 12:40a Niklas Heidloff As part of the XPages
development contest sponsored
by WebGate
Consulting AG which is part of
the Appathon
sponsored by IBM
developerWorks, Fredrik Norling
has contributed a project called XPage
Document Locker.
The project includes a managed bean
with methods to lock and unlock documents. The mechanism works if all users
access the same replica. The documents are not physically locked but instead
a programming convention is used to check whether documents are locked
before some [read] Keywords: ibm
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On OpenNTF: Extended FilteringSelected XPages Control
Thu, May 16th 2013 3:10a Niklas Heidloff As part of the XPages
development contest sponsored
by WebGate
Consulting AG which is part of
the Appathon
sponsored by IBM
developerWorks, Ferry Kranenburg
has contributed a project called XPages
FilteringSelected Extended.
The project includes a control which
extends the FilteringSelected control which comes with the XPages Extension
Library. Watch the video
to see the control in action. Below is Ferry's description:
"This widget adds some nice features
to the dojo Filt [read] Keywords: ibm
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Interview with Bruce Elgort about OpenNTF
Mon, May 13th 2013 1:44a Niklas Heidloff Celia Hamilton from socialbiz User Group
interviewed
Bruce Elgort, the chair of OpenNTF, about several OpenNTF related topics.
Listen to the podcast.
Celia's description: "Bruce Elgort
called in to SocialBiz to discuss his work with OpenNTF.org, XSnippets.info,
Collaboration Today, and XPages.info. Take a listen to find out what Bruce's
favorite XSnippet is and which XSnippets are the most popular overall.
Also, get info from Bruce on OpenNTF.org's Appathon contest that
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OpenNTF Webinar Replay has been published
Wed, May 8th 2013 12:54a Niklas Heidloff Thanks to everyone who attended our first webinar "OpenNTF - The IBM Collaboration Solutions App Dev Community" yesterday.
If you missed it, you can watch the video, listen to the audio or read the slides.
On 06/03/13 David Leedy and Mark Roden will present in the next webinar "Get Started with XPages". Don't miss it! [read] Keywords: collaboration
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New Release of the Trouble Ticket Application
Tue, May 7th 2013 1:31a Niklas Heidloff In my IBM Connect session I used a trouble ticket application as example to show how to access IBM Connections from XPages and to show how to put XPages in the Embedded Experience in Connections, Notes and iNotes.
My colleague Yun Zhi Lin has now created an open source version of this application and documented how to set up it up. There is a version for IBM Domino 8.5.3 and another one for 9.0 which uses the new 'send mail' action. Both versions use the XPages Social Enabler which comes w [read] Keywords: connections
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On OpenNTF: Dynamically compiled XPages
Tue, May 7th 2013 12:18a Niklas Heidloff Philippe Riand has published a new version
of the XPages
Bazaar which includes functionality
to execute XPages that have been developed outside of IBM Domino Designer.
Below is Phil's description.
"This release features a new capability
that will make my fellow hackers curious: the ability to dynamically compile
Java code on the server, and inject the resulting class in a classloader.
Then you follow me, it is the foundation for dynamic pages, including XPages.
It even provides a [read] Keywords: domino
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Attend the first OpenNTF Webinar on Tuesday
Mon, May 6th 2013 12:16a Niklas Heidloff On Tuesday 05/07 at 10:00 AM EST the
first OpenNTF webinar will take place where we'll describe OpenNTF itself.
Find the meeting information on http://webinars.openntf.org.
No registration is required.
Agenda:
1. Welcome
2. OpenNTF Overview
3. XSnippets
4. Collaboration Today and XPages.info
5. Contests
5a. Demo: Forms'n Views
6. Intellectual Property
7. Get engaged [read] Keywords: collaboration
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