Re: Is the lack of Java adoption *still* the Achilles' heel of IBM?
Mikkel, the whole process of starting with Java is cumbersome in Lotus Notes. You just can't create a button and write some Java code. You have to use LS2J bridge. Or create an agent. Make it a java...
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I have never stated that Java is an easy language. Nor is LotusScript for that matter. I have said that with all languages it's mainly a matter of syntax. Once you learn how to program you should be...
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Well, I've met yet a few students who were pretty good at Eclipse-plugIns/RCP. There is interest from customers for Expeditor/Notes8. The demand for presentations some people here at my employer are...
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I like Java, and my background is Notes and Domino first (and before that, the earliest days of HTML). However, coding Java in Domino Designer is extraordinarily painful, especially if you are used to...
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You are correct - nothing significant has changed since 2006. Will Designer.next change anything? I don't think so. Existing "average" Domino developers will continue to work as they always have and...
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I've been trying to learn/use Java in Notes for a while now and a couple of thoughts have been getting clearer. I develop for the Notes client and so far I have not seen any advantage to using Java...
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Well the is a generic part and a part specific to Notes and one to Domino. The generic part is that Java is a language which is used beyond Notes/Domino which means that there is an abundance of...
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Nobody asked the question, "What about .NET?" Half of our department is "replatforming" applications into asp.net applications. Every good Notes developer I have ever personally known tried developing...
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As one of the older Notes developers, here's one of the problems I have seen all along with Lotus and Java. All the emphasis has been on Websphere and now Eclipse and portal stuff. The new so called...
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For those of you who like Eclipse and want to code your agents in that I recommend DomiClipse. I agree that the UI for java in Designer needs work. I am not a big fan of it. Most of the Java based...
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