BlammoSplat: Build a community Web site of Open Laszlo animations, Part 1: The basic site

Level: Intermediate

Nicholas Chase , Freelance writer
Keith Strickland , Lotus Notes/Domino Administrator, Developer and Author

25 Sep 2007

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Create complex Web-based applications with ease. This tutorial shows you how to use Lotus Notes® and Domino® to build a community Web site named BlammoSplat. This is the first in a series of three tutorials that chronicle the building of a site that enables collaborative discussion and animation building using Domino and Open Laszlo.

In this tutorial

In this tutorial, learn:

• The difference between Lotus Notes and Domino
  
  
• The basic structure of a Domino database
  
  
• How to create a Domino application form a template
  
  
• How to create a database, form, view, and agent from scratch
  
  
• How to create Domino users from a Web application
  
  
• How to use a Domino address book
  
  
• How to set up directory assistance
  
  
• How to create Domino users without giving them access to your internal systems
  

Prerequisites

This tutorial is for Web developers who want to learn more about using Lotus Notes and Domino to create and host Web applications. It assumes that you have some programming experience, but does not require any specific language. It also assumes that you are not overly familiar with Notes or Domino applications. Later parts of this series will require Java® knowledge, but Part 1 has only one significant snippet in LotusScript and it is thoroughly discussed.

System requirements

To complete the steps in this tutorial, you will need to have the following software installed and ready to use:

• Lotus Notes 8: Available as a trial download. This tutorial uses Notes just for demonstration purposes; it's not used in the construction of the actual application.
• Domino 8 server software: Available as a trial download. This software hosts the application, so you will need to download and install it.
• Domino Designer 8: Available as a trial download. This application enables you to build Domino database applications from scratch; you'll be using it for the registration application.
• Domino Administrator 8: Available as a trial download. Part of the challenge of this tutorial is in tying all the pieces together. Download Domino Administrator 8 to make all of that possible.

Duration

Less than 2 hours

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