iNotes calendar control - a good example to get started

In my previous blog post about the iNotes calendar control, I talked about some issues I was having with the iNotes calendar control which is part of the XPages Extension library. Yes, there are some issues, but to mke a long story short: the control is a great resource. If you want to learn more about this control, I can highly recommend to have look at the latest release of the TeamRoom Template which is deployed to your Lotus IBM Notes client.

If you want to learn more about the iNotes calendar control, check out the calendarView custom control.

BTW: On this control, I experience the same issue with the events as described here.

There is also a TeamRoom project available on OpenNTF (older version). And a demo video by Ed Brill demoing the TeamRoom template. The OpenNTF project description says:

This new TeamRoom OpenNTF 8.5.2 template has been built as a showcase application for the XPages Extension Library.  Approximately 80 different XPages Extension Library controls have been used in the construction of the TeamRoom OpenNTF 8.5.2 template, therefore making it a great learning resource on how to leverage the XPages Extension Library!

In my opinion this hits the nail on the head. This is excatly the reason why everyone learning developing XPages applications (beyond the entry level) should have a look at this template. Additionally this version of the TeamRoom template provides a much better Web UI. So your users might benefit from this template too :-)

XPages Gamification on OpenNTF

Last Sunday I uploaded my first OpenSource project XPages Gamification on OpenNTF. This is my contribution to the Appathon XPages development contest and my first open-sourced application ever.

I am really excited about this new experience: coding an app just for fun (yes, fun!), submitting the code to the community (plus for a judgement). I already can say for sure that it was worth the effort just for my personal experience!


There is still a lot of work to do in many different areas (UI, features, better integration in existing application ecosystems etc...), but I am already working on a first update with first bug fixes and a few more features.  Nevertheless, I am really looking forward to your feedback about my app. 

So this is it: XPages applications now can be gamified :)