This article will show you how you can use XPages components in IBM Mashups. It will first give you a brief overview to Components and how they can be built in Designer and then used in Composite Apps. Then we will show you how to use these same components as iWidgets in IBM Mashups.

This video is Part 2 of the XPages Components in the Notes 8.5.1 Client: Video Demonstration. It demonstrates how to integrate an XPages component with other Notes client and web components to publish and receive events in composite applications.

This resource page provides a number of resources, including tutorials, demonstrations, product documentation, and deployment scenarios, to help composite application developers get started with composite applications. Are there links that we should be adding to this page? Please edit this page to ...

This 2 part video demonstration shows how you can use XPages components in the Lotus Notes 8.5.1 client. It also demonstrates many of the new features available in 8.5.1. Note that these videos include audio. Part 1 of the video (displayed below) demonstrates how to create an XPages component, how ...

If you're looking for more information on composite applications and components, try the IBM Composite Applications wiki.

Learn how to combine multiple Lotus Notes applications and other technologies to produce a unified interface in which users can conduct their business more effectively and supply innovative business solutions. IBM Lotus Notes V8 brings the power and benefits of composite applications to the Lotus ...

This article charts some basic approaches for designing components for composite application development that have maximum reuse. You can use many different strategies to provide the optimum components. It takes a village Composite application components have a very open definition. The ability ...

Learn how to recognize and optimize the design patterns that occur when you develop composite applications. Patterns of development The idea that in development we are often solving similar problems in similar ways has achieved great traction. Beyond its original application to object-oriented ...

This article shows how to build IBM® Lotus® Notes® components, providing some tips and techniques for using your existing Lotus Notes applications in composite applications. Learn how to use the power of composite applications to provide a context that combines information from multiple components ...

Provide a mechanism to search the data in your application, if you can. Search in plug-ins with Lotus Expeditor and Sametime Lotus Expeditor does not turn on a search control by default, but there is an extensible search control (called the search center) that you can put in the toolbar, on the ...

IBM recommends that you use an outline for navigating between views and folders, conforming to the following rules: The name of the application is at the top, left-justified (in left-to-right languages), and 4 points larger than the text and bold. The server replica is next (also left-justified). ...

The purpose of the action bar is to provide quick access to commonly used actions/commands. Commands on the action bar must be repeats of items on the Menu bar (or something in a dialog box that you get to from a menu item). Views and documents (forms) can have an action bar if the designer thinks ...

Domino Designer lets developers add menu items to the Create and Actions menus. Here are some guidelines to follow: Any item (command) in the action bar should also be in the Actions menu, preferably in the same order. The Actions menu can be a superset of the items on the action bar (that is, the ...

Components in a composite application should adhere to the following guidelines: Title bar panels (no tabs). Should be used when labeling the panel; helps users to understand its purpose within the composite application. No title bar panel. Should be used when it is more important to emphasize ...

For composite applications in the Notes client, new component panels should mimic the Lotus Notes look and feel. When panels are created from pre-existing applications, this may be more difficult to achieve. Where possible, modify the application colors to coordinate with the Notes palette. ...

When planning your composite application, ensure that all components provide value at the default size in the composite application. Also make sure the visible data is clear and of value, without resizing. When building a composite application, you might consider using one of several interaction ...