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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
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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

General precautions


Some design practices that seem expedient in the moment can be problematic in the long term as they create problems for managing or using an application. It is tempting to take shortcuts, especially if an application is needed quickly or if it is expected to be of only temporary value. Resist such temptations.

Do not hardcode URLs, filenames, or UNIDs

It should go without saying that applications should never hardcode specific URLs. A link to a specific website, server, directory path, or filename is almost guaranteed to break eventually, as applications move from server to server and from directory to directory.

Use @WebDbName

Links from one design element to other elements within an application are typically constructed as relative links, while links to external resources are naturally coded as absolute links. Links attached to buttons or hotspots typically derive from @formulas or JavaScript code. Of course, a button or hotspot formula also can do some processing (for...

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