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Dreamweaver and Domino, so happy together....

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This month I wrote an article for Lotus Advisor entitled "Dreamweaver + Domino: Supercharged Web Development", featured on the cover of the November 2003 issue.  In it, I describe how teams (or individuals) doing a lot of coding for the web using best-of-breed IDEs, specifically Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, can use Domino as a secure, manageable design repository.  Domino 6.x supports the WebDAV protocol, which runs over HTTP and has as its core features:  
  • Locking, a.k.a. "concurrency control" - in this case hooks into Domino design locking  
  • Properties - metadata about the design elements, their owners, status, etc.  
  • Namespace manipulation - refers to the copy and move operations associated with a collection of elements


Combined with Domino security and containership, this creates an environment for third-party products to use Domino as a source control tool.  There are a couple drawbacks or caveats to using Domino WebDAV.  First, only paths up to 129 characters are supported.  Makes for some wrangling if you're developing a WebSphere app and need to use really long paths.  Second, you have to use basic authentication.  Session authentication is not supported.  However this can be remedied (workaround) using a separate host name and having the virtual hosts authenticate differently.  Third, you may see some weirdness if you have a template for the design (recommended) and also already have the local file structure set up.  "Don't do that."

Overall, the methods described in the article give you a head start to using Domino as a source control mechanism for Dreamweaver.  It's how SNAPPS' developers have been working for a year now, and it has increased our productivity a good 25%.  Enjoy!  

Comments

Gravatar Image1 - Wow...looks like a great article. My hardcopy should be arriving in the mail soon. Great work Rob! I have been waiting for an aritlce like this. Bruce

Gravatar Image2 - Rob - killer article. I am still not sold on using DW over some inhouse tools we have, but well written and good info. Thanks!

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