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. www.ldcvia.com React / jQuery - React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces developed by Facebook - Open source, so free to use www.ldcvia.com React / jQuery - 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 www.ldcvia.com React / jQuery - 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) www.ldcvia.com React / jQuery Demo www.ldcvia.com React / jQuery 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 www.ldcvia.com node.js / Express - 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 www.ldcvia.com node.js / Express To get the source code: https://github.com/LDCVia/engage-node-demo www.ldcvia.com Vaadin - 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 www.ldcvia.com Vaadin 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 www.ldcvia.com Java & JSON 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 www.ldcvia.com Summary - 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. www.ldcvia.com.