Before I begin the answer to the above question, I would like to tell you some facts and figures about Lotus Notes.
Do you know that most of the MNC's use Lotus Notes and Domino for their internal mailing purposes and also to carry out some of their internal information systems like (Leave capturing database, Payroll Database ...)?
Do you know that you can create
wonderful stand-alone, intranet, web applications in an hour or so?
I know that you wouldnt believe this at this point of time but once you get introduced to Lotus Notes & Domino and start programming then I am sure you would agree with my statement.
I know your next question would be if I can develop the applications so fast then why Java, .Net, php ... Its a good question but I pretend not to answer at this point of time.
I know that now you have come to an idea to learn and master Lotus Notes and Domino rite?
Okay here we go...
What does Lotus Notes and Domino mean?Lotus :- Name of a company which introduced
Notes and Domino and later acquiered by IBM
Notes :- Which represents an unstructed, Non-relational database.
Domino :- This is the server name on which the applications developed in notes get hosted.
Software Stack for Lotus Notes and Domino:-Lotus Notes Client:- The tool which provides a runtime for the Lotus Notes applications.
Lotus Notes Designer:- The IDE which allows you to program Lotus Notes applications.
Lotus Notes Administrator:- The IDE which allows you to configure your Domino (server).
Domino :- The server which hosts the Lotus Notes Applications.
Download Locations:-http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/downloads/I think for today this is pretty enough and would like to do the rest in the coming days and meanwhile I have an interesting stuff ready in the below link.
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/ls-NDHistory/
