LDC Via: Building a new app
Julian Woodward, Matt White Mark Myers, Ben Poole
www.ldcvia.com What is LDC Via? A migration and data sync utility
Development Migration Support A platform for hosting data
Data Platform A set of APIs that can be used to access your data
www.ldcvia.com A quick demo migration
You have two options for migration:
1. Quick and simple using our online utility 2. Highly configurable using our desktop utility
www.ldcvia.com I’ve migrated my data, now what?
You have three options for accessing your data: 1. Use our pre-built templates for Document Libraries, Discussions, Teamrooms or archived Mail files 2. Use LDC Via Lens to configure a simple application template with no coding required 3. Build your own application using our API
www.ldcvia.com What development platform? The answer is simple: whatever platform you prefer In this session we’re going to show the creation of the same, very simple application, using React, a client side JavaScript library, node.js, a server side JavaScript framework, and Vaadin, a modern Java development framework.
www.ldcvia.com What’s the application?
We only have about 10 minutes per language, so it’s going to be a simple person directory.
It will show the list of people in the database and allow the creation and editing of documents that have been migrated from Notes.
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- React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces developed by Facebook - Open source, so free to use
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- Lightweight and powerful - Only builds the UI - So the “V” in MVC for browser apps - All network interactions (in this demo) are done with jQuery
www.ldcvia.com React / jQuery
The app is made from 2 main files.
The HTML defines a very basic outline and loads JavaScript resources
The JavaScript builds the UI
www.ldcvia.com React / jQuery
- At its simplest we create an object that renders itself within a specified mark-up element - Here, the “HelloMessage” object is rendered into the “container” div
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- This an Ajax post that logs the user in to LDC Via - The screen automatically redraws, as React is in charge of the creation of all HTML - (Note xhrFields value)
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Demo
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To see this in action: https://ldcvia.s3.amazonaws.com/ldcvia-react- demo/index.html To get the source code: https://github.com/LDCVia/ldcvia-react-demo
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- node.js is an open-source application run-time - Cross-platform - Uses the Google V8 JavaScript engine - Almost seven years old, sponsored by Joyent - Asynchronous, event-driven
www.ldcvia.com node.js / Express
- Express is a web application framework for node.js - A collection of http utilities, middleware and APIs - Routing - Extensible - Simple scaffolding, e.g.: $ express hello-world-app
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To get the source code: https://github.com/LDCVia/engage-node-demo
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- Java web application framework - Server-side & client-side - Built on top of GWT (client-side) - Can be deployed as servlets or portlets - One of the simplest ways to write a web UI with Java
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www.ldcvia.com Java & JSON
- Dozens of frameworks for handling JSON with Java - The simplest is Gson - https://github.com/google/gson - http://www.jsonschema2pojo.org
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www.ldcvia.com Summary
- LDC Via can migrate data from Domino to a secure, scalable, accessible platform - Modern JavaScript libraries such as React can easily work with LDC Via as a back-end
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- Popular server side frameworks such as node.js and Vaadin work equally well - Our extensive API allows you to build whatever application features you need - Security is managed in LDC Via
www.ldcvia.com An offer
If you sign up for a paid account at http://ldcvia.com use the coupon code Engage16 to get 3 months access free.
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