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Why Lotus Domino? (2024)

27th January 2024 I'm a Domino Developer. While that has not been my official job title for some years, I continue to use Domino to develop web applications to this day.

I believe the intent was this would replace traditional Notes client and "classic" Domino web development, however it would require the re-development of applications, so adoption was very slow and the older technology would need to be maintained for backwards compatibility. I find document oriented databases particularly good for supporting workflow applications, replacing paper based forms and in general modelling the kind of data business need to store. Domino Designer is installed alongside the normal Notes client, it shares all the same authentication and connection profiles, as a result it requires almost no additional setup.

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