Get the best out ofBootstrap

with Bootstrap4XPages

Mark Leusink, LinQed

Agenda

Bootstrap; the world's most popular UI framework

Bring Bootstrap to XPages with Bootstrap4XPages

“Bootstrapping” your XPages Application

Insights on the library

And demos!

Speaker introduction Freelance consultant/ developer Web, XPages, Java, mobile OpenNTF board member and

contributor IBM Champion Creator of www.bootstrap4xpages.com

Why a design framework? Users are demanding a sleek and polished UI

But we're developers, not designers...

Consistent UI makes your applications easier to use Develop for mobile

Responsive design

Standardized look for all applications Deal with cross browser issues

Remember: IBM OneUI, as implemented in the Extension Library, is also a UI framework

What is Bootstrap? A set of UI elements available to web

applications Very (very) popular in the web developers

community Empowering front-end developers to kickstart

projects more efficiently and effectively Version 3 built from the ground up

Mobile first Released in 2013 Responsive by default (optional in earlier versions)

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What is Bootstrap? Carefully crafted CSS styles for

Typography Navigation Common controls (buttons, input controls, tables)

Layouts and grids With responsive features

Icons Using the Glyphicon font

JavaScript components Relies on jQuery Tabs, dialogs, tooltips, drop down buttons/menus

What is Bootstrap?Many add-ons available

Free and paid Custom themes New controls Code snippets

Support for IE8+

Available for free at http://getbootstrap.com/

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What is Bootstrap?

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Introducing Bootstrap4XPages

Introducing Bootstrap4XPages Bootstrap rendering for all existing XPages

components Core and Extension Library Including the Dojo controls

Provides the easiest Bootstrap integration mechanism to XPages

Change the theme and your application is enabled Get all the resources (CSS, JavaScript, fonts) served

from the core runtime No resources have to be added within the NSF Participate in the XPages resource file aggregation

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Introducing Bootstrap4XPages Support for multiple versions of Bootstrap

2.3.1, 2.3.2, 3.0.0 and 3.1.1 Focus now on Bootstrap 3.x, but 2.3.2 is kept for

compatibilityMake it easy to create new Bootstrap specific

components

Installing Bootstrap4XPages Get the Bootstrap4XPages (OSGi) plugin from OpenNTF

Compiled version available from the OpenNTF web site Source code available on GitHub Part of the OpenNTF Essentials

Deploy the plugin: On the Domino server (and Notes Client)

Use an update site database (preferred) or copy the OSGi plug-in to the server

In Domino Designer File > Application > Install > import the update site

Installation using the OpenNTF Essentials Download OpenNTF essentials

http://essentials.openntf.org/

The install procedure is the same The OpenNTF Essentials NSF contains

Bootstrap4XPages as one of its components

More on the OpenNTF Essentials in the October 2013 webinar

Two steps to enable Bootstrap in you app

1. Enable the necessary XPages libraries [x] com.ibm.xsp.extlib.library[x] org.openntf.xsp.bootstrap.library

2. Set the application themebootstrapv3.1.1 (bootstrapv3.1.1_3d)bootstrapv3.0.0 (bootstrapv3.0.0_3d)bootstrapv2.3.2 (bootstrap2.3.2r)

Best practices using Bootstrap4XPagesAvoid hard coding style classes/ styles in your

pages Might (will) break third party themes Use the components as they render as much as

possible Use a custom theme when you want to assign

specific styles to components Leverage the extension library components

instead of straight Bootstrap/ jQuery Dialogs, as they are optimized and well tested

with the JSF lifecycle

Best practices using Bootstrap4XPagesUse the build from OpenNTF, not the source

code, in production The build has its own resources (CSS, JavaScript),

thus provides better performance You can use the resources from the plugin

without using the theme(s) But that's not advised

What does Bootstrap4XPages give you?Global resources served by a single URLTheme files that include these resources and

define the components properties Directly sets classes/ styles on controls when

sufficientCustom JSF renderer for more complex cases

Organized in an hierarchy, (relatively) easy to inherit/ customize

Bootstrap4XPages: provided resources Several versions of Bootstrap

2.3.1, 2.3.2, 3.0.0 and 3.1.1 Older will be deprecated/removed over time,

new ones will be added jQuery 1.8.2No longer in use, but still bundled:

DBootstrap Dojo Bootstrap

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Demo: build an app with Bootstrap4XPages

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Demo

Designing a responsive application

Responsive design: the approach that suggests that design and development should respond to the user’s behaviour and environment based on screen size, platform and orientation.

(http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2011/01/12/guidelines-for-responsive-web-design/)

Bootstrap 3 is responsive by default Supported by Bootstrap4XPages in Banner

and MenuDemo

Third party plugins in the library

Select2

Value picker with support for Search Multi-value select (easier to use than a

combobox) Remote data sources Templates

Demo

Using custom themesCreate a theme using the Bootstrap web site

http://getbootstrap.com/customize/ http://stylebootstrap.info

Get a pre-built theme from the Internet https://wrapbootstrap.com/ http://bootswatch.com

Demo

Understanding the library implementation Feels intimidating at the first glance, but it is not that

hard once the development environment is installed and the XPages/ JSF concepts known

Remember: you don’t have to start from scratch More details in the OpenNTF Webinar: Bootstrap for

XPages Quick walkthrough

Windows, Designer & Domino on a single (virtual) machine Install Eclipse RCP (just get the latest version) Install the Eclipse SDK for XPages and Domino Debug Plugin

Get them from OpenNTF Get the plugin source from GitHub

Wrapping up

Don't reinvent the wheel but rather consume the project

It is more efficient than throwing Bootstrap within an NSF

It is more manageable than copying the files into domino/data/html

Want to help? The project is missing some features: feel free to

help and contribute Fully open source, and accepts external

contributors There are many ways to help, depending on your

skills Add new XPages components Implement new Bootstrap releases Create, integrate and distribute themes Write documentation Help testing

References Bootstrap4XPages project on OpenNTF

http://bootstrap4xpages.openntf.org/

Bootstrap4XPages source code on GitHub https://github.com/OpenNTF/Bootstrap4XPages

Webinar on Bootstrap4XPages http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAff5uNwhn0 http://www.slideshare.net/philipperiand/bootstrap4-x-pages

OpenNTF Essentials http://essentials.openntf.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EUrLfJc

CQhY#t=12m00s

Bootstrap4XPages – the site Source of information on using Bootstrap with XPages http://bootstrap4xpages.com/

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Thank you!

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