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IBM XWork Server

IBM XWork Server is an application server that uses XPages technology to quickly and more cost effectively design and deploy web, mobile collaboration, and workflow applications.

Develop next generation social applications

IBM announces over 100 new, fully-supported XPages controls and objects. Now design and develop mobile, web and social applications faster than ever. And when you're ready to deploy your XPages applications, use IBM XWork Server to bring them to life. The result: connected employees, activated professional networks, and improved knowledge sharing. More >

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Lotus Domino Designer is the premier Eclipse-based open development environment for the IBM XWork Server and XPages.

Utilize your existing development skills to build industry-standard Web 2.0 applications with Designer for the IBM XWork Server.

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Start here if you are new to XPages and Lotus Domino Designer.

Explore Domino Designer and XPages with this guide that will help get you up to speed quickly.

Learn how to use XPages to develop social business applications for IBM XWork Server.

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Join XPages developers around the world who are working on over 10 million IBM XWork Server applications.

· Lotus Notes & Domino Application Development wiki
· XPages development forum
· XPages.info: THE home for XPages developers
· OpenNTF.org
· Planet Lotus

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IBM's Introduction to XPages courseware - free

The courseware for Introduction to IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 XPages (D8L55) is available on the IBM Lotus Greenhouse at no charge.

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XPages & Composite apps

XPages utilize JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and HTML. Yet, deep programming skills are not required to build powerful, compelling web applications for the XWork Server and Lotus Domino.

Composite applications are a key element in a service-oriented architecture (SOA). They enable you to easily integrate different types of components and technologies to create contextual applications.

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Experience

Start here to learn about XPages with links to overview content, videos, tutorials, and other content that will get you up to speed quickly.

Discover the power and benefits of composite applications.

Explore detailed examples, sample projects, and more in the IBM Composite Applications wiki.

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Read the XPages blog to learn from a worldwide group of XPages experts.

Listen to Pete Janzen, Senior Product manager for Lotus Domino Designer, talk about the decision to offer a no-charge development license for Domino Designer.

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The Building Domino Web Applications using Domino 8.5.1 Redbooks Wiki outlines the significant improvements in Lotus Domino 8.5.x, and will help you use the IBM XWork Server as a web development platform. It introduces XPages technology, showing how it dramatically shortens the learning curve for Domino and XWork Server developers, and enables you to incorporate Web 2.0 features into your web applications.

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IBM XWork Server 8.5.3 leverages XPages technology for quickly developing social business applications for web browsers and mobile devices
IBM XWork Server 8.5.3 is a competitively priced offering that leverages IBM XPages technology. It allows an application developer to quickly and easily create rich web applications with a Web 2.0 application look and feel. With XWork Server, business partners and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) get a low cost rapid application development platform. See this product announcement for more details.
Managing 64-bit memory in IBM Lotus Domino 8.x
This article discusses IBM® Lotus® Domino® 64-bit on Microsoft® Windows ® 64-bit and on IBM AIX ® platforms, comparing characteristics, advantages, and limitations.
Business Partner Enablement Roadmap for IBM Lotus Notes and Domino
Links and guidance for various sources of education to enhance expertise with use of, administration of, and development of applications for the IBM Lotus Notes and Domino products.
IBM Redbooks: Optimizing Lotus Domino Administration
This IBM Redbooks wiki provides you with information on how to optimize Lotus Domino administration. The focus is to provide Lotus Domino administrators with information on how to get most of their valuable time. Optimization of a Lotus Domino environment is not only a matter of how to set specific configuration parameters on a server or on a client; it is more a conceptual approach on how to address specific needs of the environment.
IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.2 XPages discussion database server performance
This article reports on the performance of Lotus Domino 8.5.2 XPages. A discussion database application workload was used to compare the classic Lotus Domino elements with the XPages design elements.
Best Practices for Building Web Applications for Domino 8.5.1
In this IBM Redbooks wiki, you will learn about the improvements in IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 as a Web development platform and how XPages allow you to incorporate Web 2.0 features and functionality.
XPages straight up
Use JavaScript to create, view, edit, and remove documents in a Lotus Domino application. Read an introduction to JavaScript in XPages and learn where and how to attach JavaScript in the XPages user interface.

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IBM XWork Server

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Join the discussion: Lotus Notes/Domino XPages development forum

This forum is dedicated to discussions related to XPages technology in Notes and Domino. A small group of XPages experts from the Lotus community (IBMers and non-IBMers) are working together to ensure the success of this forum. All are encouraged to share your XPages expertise and experiences here.

Winners Announced: XPages Development Contest Sponsored by We4IT

openntf The OpenNTF Alliance hosted the first development contest on OpenNTF.org sponsored by IBM Business Partner We4IT. The winners were announced 28 August 2011:

Ferry Kranenburg for his Multi Database Search Control
Dennis Chen for his ZK Spreadsheet for XPages
Rami Muurimaki for his XPages PDF Exporter Custom Control

Congratulations to these winners and all who participated in this contest.

View short descriptions, screenshots and mini videos of more of the submitted reusable XPages custom controls at http://xpages.info/contest.

Winning XPages Application from MWLUG Contest on OpenNTF

openntf The Midwest Lotus user group (MWLUG) hosted an XPages Design Contest recently and Richard Moy announced the winner Ferry Kranenburg for his recipes application. Ferry published this application on OpenNTF.

For more information, see the OpenNTF blog.

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