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  • 4 min read

XPages App to Web App: Part Fifteen - Dialogs

When it comes to creating Ship Spots, one of the pain points I highlighted with the previous application was when a Ship Spot required creating a new Port or a new Country. This required switching to an "admin" area to open a Port form to complete and save; and if the country hasn't been created, it requires additionally switching to a County form to complete and save, before returning to the Port and back to the Ship Spot. Options were cached server-side in viewScope, so launching additional browser windows wasn't an option - the page would still need to be refreshed and entered data lost. We can improve on this.

  • in Web
  • 5 min read

XPages App to Web App: Part Twelve - Ship Spot Component

In the last two parts we covered the ship form, but we didn't cover the HTML of the form. We'll cover that in the next part, but first we'll cover creating the class. As we do that, we'll see one of the big benefits that Web Components brings to JavaScript application development. Because here we'll start with the Ship Spot form, which not only captures data that will create or display a Ship but also creates a Spot - Location, Port From and Port To.

  • in Dev Tools
  • 3 min read

Visual Studio Code: Code Spell Checker

Whatever your IDE of choice, there are things you can do to enhance your development experience, improve your productivity and maximise quality. But when your repository contains not only code, but documentation and configuration documents as well, it can be challenging. Then it's a case of diving into the documentation and configuring to the max. This blog post covers some learning I've gained over the last week, specifically for configuring spell checking in Visual Studio Code.

  • in VoltScript
  • 3 min read

ForAll Loops and Type Mismatches

There are always challenges when moving from something familiar to something similar but different. When you've been working with that "something familiar" for a very long time, some things become second nature. But when you move to "something similar but different", sooner or later you hit an error and become convinced it's not working like it used to. This is even more probable if enhancements mean you more frequently come across a specific paradigm. The rash developer starts throwing accusations, assuming they must be right because they have years of experience on their side. The wise developer double-checks first...and may find out that they were mistaken.

  • in Editorial
  • 4 min read

Introducing My New Blog

Welcome to my new blog. It may seem a lot of effort to switch from one blog to another. But I've been working with Material for MKDocs for some years, thanks to Stephan Wissel, and it's a great framework for documentation. I've been aware of the blog plugin for some time, so it made sense to consider it as a good fit for the future.

  • in VoltScript
  • 6 min read

Reaping the Benefits of Standard

More than three years ago we began work on VoltScript. A little over a year ago we released our first Early Access code drop. There were certain core principles to which we developed. Two of these were a modern developer experience and adoption of standard development practices.

Over recent weeks I received ample evidence of the benefits as I improved and extended Archipelago, the build management engine of VoltScript.

  • in Web
  • 7 min read

XPages App to Web App: Part Ten - Ship Form Actions

In the last two parts we created our first web component and converted the login function into services we could use for all data interactions, the first use being to load data for any select controls in the application. Now it's time to create the ship form.