uklug - open the toolbox - tools for the domino developer

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Tools for the Lotus Notes Developer

(no, that is not Comic Sans)

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Kathy BrownPSC Group

runningnotes.net

@RunningKathy@NotesDevTipsToo many to list

Blackberry Today Podcast

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Julian Robichauxpanagenda

nsftools.com

@jrobichaux@chiasheep

TakingNotes podcast

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Developer Tools!

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Lotus Notes ClientDomino DesignerXPagesJavaJavaScriptWeb Design and PrototypingGraphicsCharts, Graphs, and ReportsNetworking and Web ServicesRelational Database ToolsGeneral Developer ToolsCommunity Resources

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NoteManhttp://www.martinscott.com/Site.nsf/ID/Noteman

Editor, DocDelta, Design, ACL

http://www.martinscott.com/Site.nsf/ID/Noteman

http://www.martinscott.com/Site.nsf/ID/Noteman

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NoteManWhat do you get for free?

See & sort a table of all field values, types, etc.

Print, forward and copy

See all doc readers and authors

Search a database by NoteID, UNID, formula and profile name

See a sortable view of profile docs

See a sortable view of design elements

Find a doc by URL

Test a formula on a doc

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ytria

http://www.ytria.com

scanEZaclEZ

agentEZdatabaseEZ

replicationEZsignEZviewEZ

actionbarEZetcEZ...

really nice way to change properties on multiple views/folders

http://www.ytria.com/

http://www.ytria.com/

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Noteshound

http://www.noteshound.com

design element propertiesprofile doc editor

code searchdocument locksdeletion stubs

etc.

http://www.noteshound.com/

http://www.noteshound.com/

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OSGi Console

for output only, see: Help - Support - View Trace

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Agent Profiling

Really easy to do

To see the results, just right-click the agent and choose “View Profile Results”

Works on triggered and scheduled agents

LotusScript or Java

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Agent Profile Before

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Agent Profile Beforealmost 50%

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Agent Profile After

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Teamstudio Profiler

http://www.teamstudio.com/Develop/Profiler/tabid/184/id/2/Default.aspx



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Error Logging

Please, oh please, add error logging to your code

I can virtually guarantee you will find errors you didn’t know were happening

Some options on OpenNTF:OpenLogFlowAssono Framework

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Visustin Flowchart

http://www.aivosto.com/visustin.html



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DDE Search

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Teamstudio LSCalls

http://www.teamstudio.com/Resources/FreeUtilities/tabid/212/Default.aspx







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LotusScript Debugger Tricks

Call stack

All the Script Libraries in play

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LotusScript.doc

http://blog.lsdoc.org



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XPages Toolbox

http://www.openntf.org/p/xpages+toolbox

http://www.openntf.org/p/xpages%20toolbox

http://www.openntf.org/p/xpages%20toolbox

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XPages Debug Toolbar

http://www.openntf.org/p/XPage+Debug+Toolbar



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Print to Console

print(“**********”);print(“Starting the OnClientLoad event”);print(“We got this variable - “ +varName;

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PDF GenerationCustom code

Use a Java library like:iText (check the license)Apache FOP

Some XPages examples:http://www.qtzar.com/blog/7plcn79gsvswhttp://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/DominoHerald/entry/pdfs_from_xpages_via_itext_presentation_at_mwlug_2012http://www.nnsu.com/ApacheFOP.nsf/FOPOC.xsphttp://mattwhite.me/blog/2007/5/9/using-itext-for-pdf-generation.html

http://www.qtzar.com/blog/7plcn79gsvsw/

http://www.qtzar.com/blog/7plcn79gsvsw/

http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/DominoHerald/entry/pdfs_from_xpages_via_itext_presentation_at_mwlug_2012?lang=en_us




http://www.nnsu.com/ApacheFOP.nsf/FOPOC.xsp

http://www.nnsu.com/ApacheFOP.nsf/FOPOC.xsp

http://mattwhite.me/blog/2007/5/9/using-itext-for-pdf-generation.html




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Debugging

Yes, you can debug Java in Notes agents and XPages

See Julian and Mark Myers’ Lotusphere presentation:http://londondevelopercoop.com/ldc.nsf/pages/goodies

http://londondevelopercoop.com/ldc.nsf/pages/goodies


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FindBugs

http://findbugs.sourceforge.net

Static analysis

Bug categories:CorrectnessBad PracticeDodgy Code

http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/

http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/

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JUnit

http://www.junit.org

Unit testing!

Yes, you can use JUnit with Notes agents and XPages

See Julian and Mark Myers’ Lotusphere presentation:


http://www.junit.org/

http://www.junit.org/



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Firebug

http://getfirebug.com

http://getfirebug.com/

http://getfirebug.com/

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Firefox Web Developer

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/web-developer

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/web-developer/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/web-developer/

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JSLint

http://www.jslint.com

http://www.jslint.com/

http://www.jslint.com/

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Aptana

http://www.aptana.com

JavaScript and CSS editor

Which tags work with which browsers

Content-assist (including Dojo, jquery, etc.)

http://www.aptana.com/

http://www.aptana.com/

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Mobile Toolkits

Lots to choose from:http://mobilecontrols.openntf.orghttp://www.sencha.com/products/touchhttp://phonegap.com

Check blogs and LUG presentations for examples

Third party solutions:Teamstudio, We4IT, etc.

http://mobilecontrols.openntf.org/

http://mobilecontrols.openntf.org/

http://www.sencha.com/products/touch

http://www.sencha.com/products/touch

http://phonegap.com/

http://phonegap.com/

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json parser

http://json.parser.online.fr

http://json.parser.online.fr/

http://json.parser.online.fr/

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Balsamiq

http://www.balsamiq.com

http://www.balsamiq.com/

http://www.balsamiq.com/

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yslow

http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow

Web page performance analysis

Suggestions for improvement

Chrome, Firefox, Safari, iPhone bookmarklet

http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/

http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/

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Blueprint.css

http://www.blueprintcss.org

http://www.blueprintcss.org/

http://www.blueprintcss.org/

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Twitter Bootstrap

http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap

http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/

http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/

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Google Chrome

https://www.google.com/chrome

https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/

https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/

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ie developer tools

https://browserling.com

https://browserling.com/

https://browserling.com/

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Firebug, againChange css directly on the page to “preview”

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iPhone Simulator

https://developer.apple.com/xcode

Mac only

Installed with XCode

Not 100% the same as Mobile Safari on the iPhone, but as close as you’ll get

Simulate different IOS/iPhone versions

https://developer.apple.com/xcode/

https://developer.apple.com/xcode/

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Paint.net

http://www.getpaint.net

http://www.getpaint.net/

http://www.getpaint.net/

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color pickers

Pixie for Windowshttp://www.nattyware.com/pixie.php

DigitalColor Meter for Macjust type “color” in Mac’s search bar

http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.php

http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.php

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screen capture

SnagIt (Windows and Mac)http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html

Faststone Capture (Windows)http://www.faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htmUsed to have a free version

Shift-Control-4 (Mac)

http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html

http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html

http://www.faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htm




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HALFWAY DONE!

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Dojo Charts

Start with Paul Withers’ blog entries: http://www.intec.co.uk/dojox-charting-tutorial-part-one-background-and-generic-code

http://www.intec.co.uk/tag/dojox-charting http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/ddwiki.nsf/dx/

Dojox_Charting_for_XPages

For additional reference:http://dojotoolkit.org/documentation/tutorials/1.6/charting

http://www.intec.co.uk/dojox-charting-tutorial-part-one-background-and-generic-code/




http://www.intec.co.uk/tag/dojox-charting/

http://www.intec.co.uk/tag/dojox-charting/

http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/ddwiki.nsf/dx/Dojox_Charting_for_XPages




http://dojotoolkit.org/documentation/tutorials/1.6/charting/

http://dojotoolkit.org/documentation/tutorials/1.6/charting/

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gliffy

http://www.gliffy.com

http://www.gliffy.com/

http://www.gliffy.com/

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jFreeChart

http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart

See Julian’s LS 2012

Show ‘n Tell slides for

examples and information

http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/

http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/

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jqPlot

http://www.jqplot.com

http://www.jqplot.com/

http://www.jqplot.com/

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amcharts / ammaps

http://www.amcharts.com

Charts are now JavaScript or

Flash

http://www.amcharts.com/

http://www.amcharts.com/

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NotesSQL

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/products/notesdomino/notessql

Still works with 8.5

Treat Notes views like relational db tables

Any ODBC reporting program can use a Notes database as a data source

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/products/notesdomino/notessql/

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/products/notesdomino/notessql/

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ASND Export

http://www.openntf.org/p/asnd



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TCPView

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437



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fiddler

http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2

http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/

http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/

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Charles Web Proxy

http://www.charlesproxy.com

multi-platform, throttling, DNS spoofing, not free

http://www.charlesproxy.com/

http://www.charlesproxy.com/

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WAMP (has MySQL)

http://www.wampserver.com

ApacheMySQLPHPPHPMyAdminSQLBuddy

Easy install

Great for quick testing of MySQL

http://www.wampserver.com/

http://www.wampserver.com/

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hex editor

Choices include:Frhed for Windows http://frhed.sourceforge.net

HexEdit for Machttp://hexedit.sourceforge.net

http://frhed.sourceforge.net/

http://frhed.sourceforge.net/

http://hexedit.sourceforge.net/

http://hexedit.sourceforge.net/

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7Zip

http://www.7-zip.org

MUCH faster than native Windows zip/unzip

gzip and tar files

easy viewing of JAR files too

http://www.7-zip.org/

http://www.7-zip.org/

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LotusUserGroup Newsletters

http://lotususergroup.org

http://lotususergroup.org/

http://lotususergroup.org/

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