You develop Domino applications in the Domino Designer client. Domino Designer allows you to create applications that can be used by Notes clients, Web browsers, or mobile clients. The different types of Domino applications that can be created are as follows:
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Workflow. This type of application allows users to communicate, collaborate, and coordinate business activities. Some common examples of workflow applications are leave approval, loan approval, and purchase requisition.
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Reference. This type of application is used to store online references, such as company policies or ISO documentation. Since Domino allows you to share information, these applications are available to all users.
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Collaborations. This type of application is typically used for discussions. A discussion application is used as a forum for exchanging thoughts and inviting feedback from other users.
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Tracking. This type of application is used to track the status of any item, such as a customer complaint, a credit card number, or a document life cycle.
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Broadcasting. This type of application is used to send newsletters to users over e-mail.
Domino Designer allows you to create common applications for use on both Notes and Web clients and mobile platforms. Additionally, Domino Designer provides you with specialized Web development features, such as an HTML editor, JavaScript libraries, embedding Applets and Java agents.
Domino Designer allows you to create applications that interact with enterprise data, such as RDBMS (Relational Database Management Systems) like Oracle and Syabase, TP (Transaction Processing) systems like IBM MQ Series and IMS, and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems like SAP and Peoplesoft, and unstructured data. You can create applications that process data in Notes and then post the data to a back-end database. You can also create applications that provide real-time access to enterprise data. To create such applications, Domino Designer provides tools such as DECS (Domino Enterprise Connection Services), DCR (Data Connection Resources), LEI (Lotus Enterprise Integrator), and Domino connectors. You can connect to enterprise data from a Domino application by using LotusScript and Java classes.
Domino Designer also allows you to create multilingual applications that can be translated to the local language of users. To translate Domino applications to different languages, Domino Global Workbench is used, which is a translation tool integrated with Domino Designer. This feature helps develop international applications for users worldwide.
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