This book is of course aimed at the Notes/Domino application developer, and therefore its primary focus is on the new application development and programming features of Domino Designer 7 (and the related upgrade issues they may raise). However, the well-rounded developer should also have a working acquaintance with other areas of Notes/Domino 7, including the Notes client and Domino server. Keeping abreast of new and enhanced Notes 7 client features and functionality will help you understand what release 7 offers to your end users, to better prepare you for creating applications that deliver and compliment these new features. And being knowledgeable about the Domino 7 server can help you design applications that are more easily hosted, supported, and maintained by your server administrators.

So in this chapter, we present a short review of many of the new features in Notes and Domino 7. This includes new features in: