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IBM Lotus Domino: Classic Web Application Development Techniques

You're reading from   IBM Lotus Domino: Classic Web Application Development Techniques This tutorial takes Domino developers on a straight path through the jungle of techniques to deploy applications on the web and introduces you to the classic strategies. Why Google it when it’s all here?

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2011
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849682404
Length 344 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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IBM Lotus Domino: Classic Web Application Development Techniques
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
1. Preface
1. Preparation and Habits FREE CHAPTER 2. Design and Development Strategies 3. Forms and Pages 4. Navigation 5. Cascading Style Sheets 6. JavaScript 7. Views 8. Agents 9. Security and Performance 10. Testing and Debugging

Providing directions and help


Every application should provide information about itself through self-help features, and Domino applications offer several techniques to do this.

Help should answer questions and assist users in responding to features of the application. The upside of application help is that with it users can figure out for themselves what to do or what went wrong. The downside is that many of them cannot or will not read the help.

Nevertheless, provide as much help and guidance as possible within the constraints of the development effort. Make sure to spell and punctuate properly using words and grammar suitably plain for your users. This is a good area to ask for assistance from a technical writer, trainer, or publicist.

Add meaningful labels and guidance text

Just about every form shows labels and guidance text. Buttons, fields, column titles, and links should be sensibly named. Use common, well-understood labels for common functions (for example, "Save" instead of "Commit...

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