Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have been working in notes from version 4.5 and done numerous client and web application development, but when I turned to learn xpages, it looks like a real challenge. Eagerly waiting for you future post.

Wish you the very best in what you do.

Are you on Twitter? I’ve no idea how to contact you. Drop me an email please if you get a chance please. My info is on every video.

Thanks

Paul,

Thanks for reading! I am definitely finding that the more I dive into XPages the more I feel like I can accomplish (and quicker, in many cases), but that first step was quite the leap of faith. It’s my hope that hearing some similar experiences can convince some others to take the plunge and really start digging into what XPages can do!

David,

Thanks for responding! It means a lot that you’re excited to hear more about my upcoming posts. I’m hoping to put a spin on it that goes a little beyond tips and more into comparison between traditional and XPage developement, to help out some people that are in the same situation as I was. Your tutorials were a big help to me in getting started, so I had to give you a mention in my first article!

I had noticed that the XPagesBlog was starting to slow down, and I appreciate the info. It was another of the sites I got into early in Xpage Development. I hadn’t yet checked out CollaborationToday.info, but it looks like there’s some great information there.

And finally, thanks for the suggestions. It looks like we did get picked up by CT, and I’ll see about getting listed up on Planet Lotus as well.

Hope you enjoy my future posts!

Looks like you already did get in the radar of Collaboration Today! I’ll be interested to follow your experiences. As I’m sure you’re finding, XPages is a culture shock after Notes Client development (that was the bulk of my prior experience too). But there’s enough to satisfy the most voracious appetite for learning. The source XML makes it easier to share experience and code snippets (I’m sure you’re already aware of XSnippets). And the head-banging moments of trying to understand why something’s not working are much outweighed by the almost limitless possibilities of what’s possible.

XPagesBlog isn’t very active anymore and what is there in some cases might be getting dated. Not sure. I’d suggest XPages.Info, CollaborationToday.info and even PlanetLotus.org has good starts for XPages information.

If you’re not already you might want to get listed on PlanetLotus.org and CollaborationToday.info. I’m not sure how you get in CT’s radar but if you can’t find it let me know and I’ll ask one of the people involved.

Looking forward to you next post!