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Bruce and Julian finally got Thomas Gumz
on the podcast schedule. The interview has a LOT of densely packed information,
so listen closely. Subjects we covered include:
- The evolution of the Domino Administrator
Client (that Thomas leads the design for), including:
- how it went from an oversized dialog
in 4.6 to a full Windows and Web client today
- cool things you can do with the Web
client, like starting and stopping Windows services on the server
- reusable JavaScript components in the
notes\data\dfc\dfc100.nsf database (DFC = DOM Foundation Classes)
- "hacking" the Domino Admin
database code (for a cool example, see how Dovid Gross added
a custom server task for ACLHelp)
The DDM (Domino Domain Monitor) database
in R7 that Thomas also led the design for, with a quick discussion of "hacking"
that database to learn about tricks like rounded
table corners (a technique
that Ben Langhinrichs played
with
several
times)
or writing an
event-driven tabbed interface
Using a Domino server as an Eclipse
Update Site, with features like:
managing plugins and packages for Sametime
7.5 clients as well as the forthcoming Notes 8 client
using the UpdateSite.ntf template on
a Domino 7 server to manage Sametime 7.5 plugins right now (or,
at least, as soon as the Domino 8 beta is available and we can get the
template)
Notes replication allows you to easily
manage plugins for clients on local servers, instead of one big central
one
in the future, this may be how Notes
8 client updates are handled
Again, tons of good stuff in there.
Thanks Thomas!
The podcast is 21.2mb and runs 46:27 minutes at 64kps.
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