• Explore the foundation of Lotus Domino applications
• Navigate the Lotus Domino Designer 8.5.1 design environment
• Create applications  
• Generate pages
• Build forms
• Construct views
• Examine the fundamentals of writing formulas in Lotus Domino
• Add functionality to forms by using formulas
• Insert functionality into views by using formulas  
• Enhance the appearance and functionality of forms
• Enhance the appearance and functionality of views
• Use actions to automate tasks
• Create and design XPages
• Work with custom controls
• Move from forms to XPages
• Work with agents to automate tasks
• Plan and apply security for Lotus Domino applications
• Deploy an application

Lesson 1: Exploring applications in IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.1

• Identify the application types which can be created using IBM Lotus Domino Designer
• Name the data sources necessary for the application development
• Explain the components of the IBM Lotus Domino architecture
• Describe the security layers of an IBM Lotus Domino application
• Discuss the replication process
• Review the products and technologies that extend the Lotus Domino applications

• Navigate the areas of the Lotus Domino Design user interface
• Explore the design elements in the Lotus Domino Designer
• Use the Help features of IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.1

• Create a blank application in Lotus Domino Designer
• Create a copy of an existing application
• Create a new application using a template
• Use working sets to manage the Lotus Domino Designer environment

• Name the elements available for page design
• Create a page
• Add and format text on a page
• Create and add tables to a page
• Incorporate graphics into a page

• Design and create a form
• Add fields to a form
• Use the Hide/When options

• Design and create a view
• Add and format view columns
• Use the sort attribute in the columns to organize documents

• Identify the programming languages supported by Lotus Domino Designer
• Explain the syntax rules for the Formula language
• Work with objects
• Write formulas to compute and compare values
• Use the @If function for conditional statements
• Use simple formatting to make formulas readable

• Use formulas to calculate data automaticall
• Compute values for the fields in a document
• Work with edit field formulas
• Work with lists
• Create reusable code
• Implement error handling functions

• Use view selection formulas
• Concatenate values in a new column
• Display Icons in a view

• Create and design subforms
• Create shared fields
• Enable inheritance in forms and documents
• Create related forms

• Use hierarchical views
• Display response documents in a view
• Implement shared columns

• Create actions
• Create shared actions
• Control the display actions
• Create action hotspots

• Compare form-based design to XPages-based design
• Explore an XPage
• Design and create an XPage
• Bind controls to a datasource

• Design and create a reusable custom control
• How to bind to data sources

• Configure validation
• Enhance the look of XPage applications
• Use a scoped variable to pass a value to a control
• Troubleshoot applications

• Define the characteristics of the Agents
• Design and create agents

• Define the security access to applications
• Create roles and set Access Control Levels
• Use readers fields and authors fields for security control
• Control access for anonymous users

• Use templates to deploy new or to update existing applications

• Application developers new to Lotus Domino Designer 8.5.1 that will develop applications for Lotus Notes and Web clients.

• Experience using the IBM Lotus Notes client, Web browser, or both, to access applications.
• Experience in developing one or more applications using other application development tools is recommended.