Lotus Notes & Domino Essential Reference [Paperback]

Tim Bankes (Author), David Hatter (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0735700079 | ISBN-13: 978-0735700079 | Publication Date: June 18, 1999 | Edition: 1

You're responsible for designing and programming a new database in Notes for an important client that will keep track and itemize myriad inventory and shipping data. The client has made it clear to you that they want a user-friendly interface, but they don't want to sacrifice speed or functionality either. You're experienced, but feel that you need to take your talents to the next level. You need something to facilitate your creative and technical abilities, something to perfect your programming skills. Here's Lotus Notes and Domino Essential Reference. It's compact, simply designed. It's loaded with information. Small typeface. All of the objects, classes, functions, and methods. It shows the object hierarchy and the overlaying relationship between each one. They organized the book the way the language is designed. Notice a specific entry to check the details: NotesUIWorkspace. A short definition and syntax. Example code. Concise, but with efficient coding tips for saving bandwidth.

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You're responsible for designing and programming a new database in Notes for an important client that will keep track and itemize myriad inventory and shipping data. The client has made it clear to you that they want a user-friendly interface, but they don't want to sacrifice speed or functionality either. You're experienced, but feel that you need to take your talents to the next level. You need something to facilitate your creative and technical abilities, something to perfect your programming skills. Here's Lotus Notes and Domino Essential Reference. It's compact, simply designed. It's loaded with information. Small typeface. All of the objects, classes, functions, and methods. It shows the object hierarchy and the overlaying relationship between each one. They organized the book the way the language is designed. Notice a specific entry to check the details: NotesUIWorkspace. A short definition and syntax. Example code. Concise, but with efficient coding tips for saving bandwidth.

Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (June 18, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735700079
• ISBN-13: 978-0735700079
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,573,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Only LotusScript Reference you'll need, June 6, 2000

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Jerri S. (Kansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lotus Notes & Domino Essential Reference (Paperback)

I bought this book originally expecting a full reference to Lotus and at first was a little dissappointed that it only covered LotusScript and Java. After reading it, now it is the only reference I use for LotusScript. I too have several other books, but none give the information and detaill in an easy to read format like this book. Anything you want to know about Classes, Methods, Properties, Events, and new R5 LotusScript features are covered in this book in detail with good examples. I also like how each class has it's own contents page giving page numbers for all of the assosiated Properties, Methods, and Events for QUICK reference.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding reference for LotusScript and Java, May 11, 2000

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David J. Navarre (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lotus Notes & Domino Essential Reference (Paperback)

If I could get someone to write down everything I don't know about LotusScript and Java, it would fill a book. Well, this is that book.

Hatter and Banks aren't wordy and target this book strictly at the experienced developer looking for a reference work. That makes this incredibly useful. These days I carry this book (thankfully light despite being 700 pages) between sites all the time. The lovely posters from Lotus might list all the properties and methods, but these guys provide the details underneath it.

The remarks on each class are pertinent, yet brief (as for NotesRichTextItem, "you must call the save method of the parent Notes document to save the data to disk") They include examples not only for classes, but also occasionally for methods and properties.

Interestingly, a quick check of the index for 'Index, databases' found only a reference to the updateFTIndex method for Java Database class and not to the LotusScript NotesDatabase class, while 'Registering Users' listed the LotusScript page and not the Java one. Perhaps the editors need to work on that. Fortunately, they provide a lot of cross-references on the pages, giving you page numbers for the classes mentioned in the text, reducing the need to refer to the table of contents or the index.

The print's small, but they use fonts, abbreviations and familiar symbols to get the message across clearly.

On balance, it's well worth the (money) I paid Amazon for it - it probably saved me an hour today and none of our hours come cheap, do they?

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hardcore Domino Programming Reference, July 7, 1999

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This review is from: Lotus Notes & Domino Essential Reference (Paperback)

First of all, if you're new to Domino, LotusScript, or Java - this might NOT be the book for you. On the other hand, if you're an experienced Domino programmer (LS or Java) that needs a quick reference without any filler, this is a good book to get. It's half LS, half Java, and it's got all the classes alphabetized so you can get at them right away. It's even got the new R5 classes like the ViewNavigator. I have it laying at my desk and use it all the time while programming. It's way better then the yellow or red books and has recently (almost) replaced Bob's book at my side. A wise investment for the causal Domino programmer and a requirement for the serious Domino programmer. Only thing I can complain about is that there be more examples that show how to use each property/method, but then the book would easily be 2x the size. I actually give this book 4.5 stars, but I rounded up cause Amazon doesn't let you do fractional scores.