Terms for developing on HCL Notes and Domino: LotusScript, formula language, XPages, agents, Domino Designer, Leap and the Domino REST API.
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Domino Designer
Domino Designer is the development tool for Notes applications. It is where you build forms, views, agents and XPages.
Domino Leap
Domino Leap is a low code tool for HCL Domino. You build simple web applications in the browser without programming. It used to be called HCL Volt.
Domino REST API
Domino REST API gives other systems secure access to data in Notes databases over a modern REST API with JSON.
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Formula language
The formula language is the oldest language in HCL Notes. It consists of @functions such as @If, @DbLookup and @Today and is used in fields, views, buttons and simple agents.
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LotusScript
LotusScript is the programming language in HCL Notes and Domino. It resembles Visual Basic and is used for agents, buttons and logic in Notes applications.
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Notes agent
A Notes agent is a piece of code in a Notes database that runs automatically at a set time, on an event or on the user's command, typically written in LotusScript.
Notes application
A Notes application is a business system built on HCL Notes and Domino, where data, forms, views and logic live together in one NSF database.
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XPages
XPages is a way to build web applications on HCL Domino. Data lives in Notes databases, but users work in the browser.