08/31/2015

XPages Extension Library Update for August 2015

In July, the XPages team delivered an XPages runtime for IBM Bluemix along with an associated XPages NoSQL playground service that enabled you to experiment with building modern Domino applications in the cloud. That was swiftly followed with a webcast that highlighted the features and functions of both the runtime and the service, as well as a general tour of Bluemix itself.

That webcast also spoke of things to come… namely an enhanced security model that would allow you to exercise fine-grained control over any Java code contained in your application (see webcast slide below).  So today that feature has arrived – an updated runtime is already live on Bluemix and the design-time part of the app dev equation is available here in the latest XPages Extension Library release for Notes/Domino 9.0.1. The readme document contained in this release gives full details of the updated security options and how to configure them using Domino Designer.

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In fact Domino Designer has a whole new section in the Bluemix Manifest Editor for working with all the XPages environment variables associated with Bluemix - check it out.

This release is also notable for its community contributions (kudos to Jesse Gallagher, Serdar Basegmez and Paul Withers), which means you will find some improvements with the XPages picker controls and with general utility APIs. As usual there are fixes for defects in both the XPages runtime and in Domino REST services (DAS).  Please download and install this release and as always your feedback is greatly appreciated to help us continuously improve the product.

08/12/2015

OpenNTF Elections

It is that time of year again when we elect new Board members to OpenNTF.

If you are interested in running as an OpenNTF Board member, please send me an email (ipmanager@openntf.org) along with a "Candidate Statement" which will be sent to the voters.
 


There are four Member Director positions open, as well as three Contributor Director positions.  


The Directors representing OpenNTF Members (i.e. companies) are elected for two years. The terms of four of these directors expire this October, and the terms of the other five expire in 2016.  Members whose terms expire this year may, of course, run again for another two year term.

Member Directors whose terms expire Oct 13, 2015:
Corey Davis
Nathan Freeman
Mikael Orn
Paul WIthers

Member Directors whose terms expire Oct 13, 2016
Serdar Basegmez
Jesse Gallagher

Christian Guedemann
Martin Rolph

Justin Hill


Contributor Directors' terms are for one year only. There are three Contributor Directors, whose terms expire Oct 13, 2015:
Oliver Busse

Martin Donnelly

Fredrick Norling


Nominations close September 18th
Circulation of Candidate Statements from September 18-25
Voting from September 28 to Oct 2

Winners take office on October 13.


Posted on behalf of Peter Tanner