For the better part of the last two years I've been doing alot of Notes client development and alot of back-end Notes server work, so its been quite a few months since I have put in a concentrated effort on web development. Thankfully with my most recent project, I've found that my skills didn't get too rusty. Its great to have a chance to exercise that DHTML part of my brain. Another exciting aspect is the opportunity to incorporate a little AJAX and a little YUI into the project.
For every project I try to find a new tool to help get the work done. On this project I'm using Eclipse with the Aptana Studio plug-in. This is a very nice tool to get everything organized and functioning properly. Of course, it does not conveniently integrate with the Notes 7 Designer. I'm not complaining too much, however. I really appreciate the visual cues it provides and the code assist with all the CSS properties and JS object properties and methods. Its a good preview of what things will be like for Domino development in 8.5 and beyond.
Monday, August 11, 2008
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I am a huge Aptana fan and used it heavily on a recent Domino project. Because Studio is completely extensible you can achieve quite a lot of integration with Domino, depending upon how much you are prepared to get your hands dirty. There are a few tricks I did with project-URL mapping to get Domino working as a preview server. This means I can preview in Firefox, Safari and IE directly from the IDE, and also use the integrated JavaScript debugger (which hooks the native Eclipse debugger into Firebug). I released some of my integration work as an Aptana Studio plugin, but since Designer 8.5 theoretically makes a lot of this stuff redundant, it remains unfinished.
Jeff,
Fantastic stuff; I shall put it through its paces today.
Thanks for your contribution to the Notes and the Eclipse communities!
M.M.
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