Test LOT-985: Developing IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 Applications

Exam 985: Developing IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 Applications

Exam Competencies

Exam Type: Multiple Choice

Description: Covers Lotus Notes Domino 8.5 material as it relates to these competency areas: 

• Application Architecture
• Application Configuration
• Application Management
• Design Elements
• Domino Designer in Eclipse
• Programming
• Security

Application Architecture

1. Connecting to internal data - internal to notes
2. Creating mail-enabled forms
3. Creating mail-in databases
4. Designing and creating navigation for an application
5. Designing applications incorporating OLE objects
6. Exploring page layout and navigation
7. Incorporating full text indexing
8. Planning a classic Notes Application
9. Preventing replication or save conflicts
10. Referencing design element IDs: UNID and NOTEID
11. Signing databases and design elements
12. Understanding the concept of application replicas
13. Using images in applications
14. Using tables to manage page layout

Application Configuration

1. Creating Public access forms
2. Creating, Modifying, and Troubleshooting
   1. File Resources
   2. Images for Web clients
   3. JavaScript for Notes and Web clients
   4. Links for Web clients
   5. Outlines for Web clients
   6. Pages for Web clients
   7. Style Sheets
   8. Views for Web clients
   9. Web Agents
   10. Web Services
3. Employing Java Applets
4. Implementing Java Servlets
5. Server document settings affecting agents
6. Setting database launch properties
7. Troubleshooting database performance
8. Understand purpose and use of the Problems view

Application Management

1. Controlling what gets replicated
2. Copying an existing Domino application
3. Creating an application from a template
4. Creating an application icon
5. Creating templates
6. Enabling and preventing design inheritance
7. Enabling document locking
8. Making and distributing design changes
9. Providing online Help for an application
10. Setting application properties
11. Starting an application from scratch
12. Troubleshooting application access
13. Understand document properties
14. Using Design Synopsis to analyze application elements

Design Elements

1. Arrange, show, and hide Eclipse views
2. Creating sorted and categorized views
3. Creating, modifying, and troubleshooting
   1. Actions
   2. Agents
   3. Embedded Elements
   4. Folders
   5. for Different Clients
   6. Forms
   7. Java Libraries
   8. JavaScript Libraries
   9. Outlines
   10. Pages
   11. Profile Documents
   12. Subforms
   13. Views
4. Creating/using Image resources
5. Customizing twisties
6. Displaying an icon in a column
7. Displaying document hierarchy
8. Displaying values in columns
9. Hide form based on Client type/device type
10. Hiding design elements
11. Managing design changes with the Design task
12. Personalizing Web site experience using Profile Documents
13. Restricting Form and Document access
14. Setting database properties to improve database performance
15. Setting styles for a calendar view
16. Using calendar views in applications
17. Using design perspectives
18. Working with Autosave
19. Working with different field types
20. Working with hide when formulas
21. Working with reserved fields
22. Working with Shared Resources
23. Working with Text, Rich Text, and Rich Text Lite fields
24. Working with Time Zone fields

Domino Designer in Eclipse

1. Access design elements using the Applications Navigator
2. Access online Help via Eclipse plug-ins
3. Manage Working Sets
4. Understand purpose and use of the Properties view

Programming

1. Adding instant messaging to an application
2. Connecting to Enterprise Data
3. Controlling the display of information on forms using Hide-when options
4. Creating programmable tables
5. Creating right mouse button menu items
6. Creating, Modifying, and Troubleshooting Framesets
7. Customizing the Designer Tools menu
8. Deploying a simple Java applet on a Web page
9. Deploying, utilizing LotusScript agents
10. Indenting response documents
11. LotusScript
    1. Accessing and manipulating the current document using NotesUIDocument
    2. Accessing Databases, Views, and Documents
    3. Displaying information to a user on the Status Bar or with Messageboxes
    4. Searching for Documents in a View or Database
    5. Stepping through a View to access Documents
12. Managing data and design replication
13. Managing display options for views
14. Managing field access with input enabled formulas
15. Programming window titles
16. Programming with the formula language
17. Rendering HTML in applications
18. Securing the design of a database
19. Setting Programmer pane properties
20. Sharing, locking, and editing design elements
21. Understand purpose and use of the Events view
22. Understand the LotusScript Object Model
23. Understanding the JavaScript Document Object Model (DOM)
24. Understanding transaction logging
25. Using @Commands in Web applications
26. Using @Functions in Web applications
27. Using advanced options for columns
28. Using CGI variables
29. Using CSS for adding style
30. Using Document encryption
31. Using Domino URL Syntax
32. Using HTML for Notes and Web access
33. Using JavaScript controls for display of rich text
34. Using JavaScript in applications
35. Using other controls for displaying rich text
36. Using Reader and Author fields
37. Using the HTML Editor
38. Using the Objects tab in the Programmer's pane
39. Using the Reference tab in Designer
40. Using XML in applications
41. Utilizing HTML option control at field and form level
42. Validating user entered data using JavaScript
43. Working with dialog boxes: tables, and forms
44. Working with HTML attributes on fields
45. Working with Lists
46. Working with special web development fields (e.g., $$Return, $$View)
47. Writing formulas to support different clients
48. Writing messages to the user
49. Writing portable code

Security

1. Adding security to an application
2. Defining security levels for application users
3. Designing applications based on Summary/Non-Summary data storage
4. Managing security with Roles
5. Managing the ACL
6. Restricting Section access
7. Restricting View access
8. Setting access for Anonymous users
9. Setting Defaults for an application