Course Description
This course covers the enhancements made to the Lotus Notes 8 and Lotus Domino Designer clients, @functions, @commands, design element properties, the LotusScript language, and changes that affect Web application development.

Class Length
1 day

Objectives

Upon completing the course, student should be able to:

• Identify New Features in Lotus Notes 8 Clients
• Explore and discuss the Lotus Domino Designer 8 Interface
• Implement New and Enhanced @Functions and @Commands
• Implement New Design Element Properties
• Implement New LotusScript Classes and an Event
• Implement New LotusScript Methods and Properties
• Implement HTML-related Enhancements
• Incorporate Web Services in Lotus Domino Applications
• Create Lotus Domino Web Logs
• Implement Other Web Enhancements

Who will benefit from this course
The target audience for this course is experienced IBM Lotus Domino 7 application developers who require early exposure to new Lotus Domino 8 and Lotus Notes 8 features that affect application development, and who will be responsible for creating Lotus Domino 8 applications.

Prerequisites

The prerequisites for this course include completion of either of the following Lotus Domino 7 paths or equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience.

Developers who were new to Lotus Domino 7 and completed the following courses:

Fundamentals of IBM Lotus Domino 7 Application Development (N7D510)
Building Web Applications with IBM Lotus Domino Designer 7 (N7D520)
Developing IBM Lotus Domino 7 Applications: Intermediate Skills (N7D530)
(Recommended) Using LotusScript in IBM Lotus Domino 7 Applications (N7D540)

Developers who upgraded to Lotus Domino 7 from a previous release and completed the following course:

Exploring the New Features of IBM Lotus Domino Designer 7 (N7D420).

Course Outline

Exploring Client Enhancements in Lotus Notes 8 and Lotus Domino 8

• Identifying New Features in Lotus Notes 8 Clients
• Exploring the Lotus Domino Designer 8 Interface

Using New @Functions, @Commands, and Design Element Properties

• Implementing New and Enhanced @Functions and @Commands
• Implementing New Design Element Properties

Incorporating LotusScript Programming Enhancements into Lotus Domino Applications

• Implementing New LotusScript Classes and an Event
• Implementing New LotusScript Methods and Properties

Enhancing Web Applications

• Implementing HTML-related Enhancements
• Incorporating Web Services in Lotus Domino Applications
• Creating Lotus Domino Web Logs
• Implementing Other Web Enhancements