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Since 2008 I have presented at several conferences including BLUG, DanNotes, IamLUG, ILUG, UKLUG, Lotusphere and The View. This page details the sessions and (where applicable) any slideware and downloads.

Lotusphere 2012

BP103 - XPagesBlast

Tim and I did a pretty much all new session with 30 more XPages tips in just an hour.

Slide Deck

BP115 - Deploying and Managing XPages Applications

If you're a developer wanting to release your XPages application and you need to think about the "real world" of servers and admins. Or if you're an admin and you have developers chasing you to get their shiny new XPages applications released then this session is for you. We'll take you through the things to think about from both sides of the fence. We'll share tips and tricks, issues which may catch you out and the best practice for releasing your applications.

Slide Deck

Lotusphere 2011

BP211 - XPagesBlast

Matt and Tim, will take you on a roller-coaster ride through the best of the best ideas and time saving techniques for creating world class XPages applications. We're going to provide 30 top tips in just 60 minutes, it will be fast paced and packed with loads of information you will refer to time and again. Everything from simple debugging and dojo controls all the way through to complex Server Side Javascript and jQuery integration. Please fasten your seat belts and keep your hands in the car at all times.

Session Downloads

SHOW106 - XPages101: How to build a simple XPages application

Join us as we take you step by step and click by click through building an XPages application. Learn the basics and then grow the complexity as you expand the application, including XPages, Custom Control, Server Side Javascript, single UI methodology, using existing Lotus Notes data and adding unlisted Dojo objects. Watch the application being built live on stage with everything you need to know condensed into two hours.

Session Downloads

 

ILUG 2010

Admins and Devs working together

Eileen Fitzgerald and I presented a session about how admins and developers can work together to make managing your applications easier.

Session slides

XPages Blast

Tim Clark and I present 30 XPages tips and tricks in an hour (just!) at ILUG in Belfast, November 2010.

Session slides and supporting content

IamLUG 2010

Ten XPages design patterns

I presented an updated version of this presentation at IamLUG, St Louis in August 2010.

Session slides and supporting content

Dannotes 2010

Building an XPages application from start to finish

I will be presenting the full version of this session which we couldn't fit into the 2 hours allotted at Lotusphere2010! 

Session slides and supporting content

BLUG 2010

Ten XPages Design Patterns

I an updated version of my Ten XPages Design Patterns Presentation. The session database, slides etc can be downloaded here: blug_tenpatterns.zip

Lotusphere 2010

SHOW112 - Building an XPages application from start to finish

Tim Clark and I went through all of the steps required to build an XPages application from scratch in this 2 hours "Show 'n' Tell" session at Lotusphere.

Session Slides and Supporting Content

UKLUG 2009

Ten XPages Design Patterns

A completely new session for UKLUG 2009. I went through ten commonly used design implementations in XPages including a Dojo Dialog, custom validation, non HTML output and so on.

Session Slides and Demo Database

IamLUG 2009

Developing a World Class Web 2.0 Application with XPages

In a revised version of Bruce and my Lotusphere 2009 session, I extended the content to cover various more advanced elements you may want to achieve in your XPages application. TaskJam was still the base code that we used in demos.

TaskJam

Session Slides

The View Developer 2009

Building a new Domino web application using XPages

In a revised version of Bruce and my Lotusphere 2009 session, I extended the content to cover various more advanced elements you may want to achieve in your XPages application. TaskJam was still the base code that we used in demos.

Using the Wrong Design Element to do the Right Thing in Domino Web Development

Again a revised and extended version of my Lotusphere session. With extra content covering some advanced non HTML generation techniques.

Lotusphere 2009

BP105 - Developing a World Class Web 2.0 Application with XPages

Bruce Elgort and I walked through an introduction to XPages with the help of a sample application:

TaskJam

Session Slides

BP109 -IBM Lotus Domino Web Development: How to Usethe Wrong Design Elements to Do the Right Thing

I spent an hour going through a whole suite of tips and tricks on how to improve your classic Domino web development techniques.

Session Slides

UKLUG 2008

What's new in Notes and Domino 8.5

Paul Mooney and myself went through a demo'd some of the changes in Notes and Domino 8.5. Because this was a pure demo session there is no slideware.

ILUG 2008

The perfect beast - the birth of IdeaJam

Bruce ElgortSean Burgess and myself presented a session about some of the challenges we faced in developing IdeaJam.

Session Slides

Session Handout