IBM announced a new resource available for Sametime users dubbed the Lotus Sametime Exchange*.
Link Lotus Sametime Exchange *
This resource is intended to be a less formal repository for unsupported free code and programming examples for Sametime Connect plug-ins. This is in contrast to the Sametime Plugin Catalog which is a more formal repository for plug-ins provided by IBM or partners that have gone through a review process.
Link Sametime Plugin Catalog
For now the only content that is available in the Exchange* is pulled directly from the samples available with the Sametime SDK. Understandable considering they just launched the resource this week.
I have a plug-in I have been working on primarily to explore the extension points involved though if I think it has any value I will submit it to the Sametime Exchange.*
One thing that I found a little odd is the lack of a packaged IDE for development in this environment. While not terribly difficult to setup Eclipse for Sametime Connect plug-in development, I feel it would have been worthwhile for IBM to package an Eclipse environment already prepared for Sametime Connect development. Not doing so is another barrier (albeit minor depending on your opinion) to broader adoption of plug-in development.
How about you? Anyone have an idea for a plugin they wish someone would write?
Anyone actively working on a plug-in they would consider placing in the Exchange?
* Being a long time Lotus Notes/Domino advocate I am not entirely comfortable with IBM's use of the profane word "Exchange". Why couldn't they have called it the Sametime Sandbox? :)
1 comment:
I think this is a great move on IBM's part. The former Macromedia was a master at leveraging this to gain popularity among developers around their Dreamweaver product when it was initially released.
I agree about the IDE. It would be nice if they could build this into Lotus Component Designer.
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